I RESOLVE TO . . .

New Year Thoughts -

Life . . .

"It's all about setting priorities, doing the best you can, celebrating your wins, learning from your losses, and just 'getting up the next day to do it all over again.'"   

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"It's all about setting priorities, doing the best you can, celebrating your wins, learning from your losses, and just 'getting up the next day to do it all over again.'"   

Copyright *  2005-2007 Kim M. Simpson/I Resolve To * All Rights Reserved

New Year Rhymes -

"What can be said in New Year rhymes,

That's not been said a thousand times.

The new years come, the old years go,

We know we dream, we dream we know.

We rise up laughing with the light,

We lie down weeping with the night.

We hug the world until it stings,

We curse it then and sigh for wings.

We live, we love, we woo, we wed,

We wreathe our prides, we sheet our dead.

We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,

And that's the burden of a year."

Ella Wheeler Wilcox - American Poet & Writer (1850-1919) - From Thinkexist.com

A New Year -

"Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right."

Oprah Winfrey - American Television Personality, Actress & Producer - (Born 1954) - From Thinkexist.com

New Year's Day -

"We will open the book.  Its pages are blank.  We are going to put words on them ourselves.  The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.

Edith Lovejoy Pierce - Poet (Born 1904) - From Thinkexist.com

Resolutions - Day 361

Just five days and counting!   Are you ready for the New Year?  Are you ready to open your mind and Dare To Dream?  Pursue Your Dream?  Achieve Your Dream? 

Are you ready to stop waiting for 'Someday?'  Someday I'll write that book.  Someday I'll start exercising.  Someday I'll learn photography.  Someday I'll spend more quality time with my kids.  Someday I'll get a new job.  Someday I'll pay off my debt.  Someday, someday, someday . . .

Think about it.  Those somedays add up: days turn into months, months into years.  The years pass by so quickly.  Instead of waiting to 'pursue your dream someday far in the future' do it in 2007. 

We all have dreams.  They come in all shapes and sizes.  Big dreams, little dreams, medium- sized dreams - just like the people to which those dreams belong, all shapes and sizes, unique.  Some people pursue their dreams.  Some don't.  It's a matter of choice:  Your choice.  My Choice. We can act on our dreams in 2007, or we can let another year race by, waiting for that elusive 'someday'.  Do you want to live a life of achievement, or a life of regret?  Regret because you let all your days pass by without making time for yourself and your dreams, end of story. 

There is an alternative to regret.  In the next few days, consider making January 1, 2007 the day that you begin a new chapter in your life story, a chapter in which you actually write about your beloved dream, or one of many beloved dreams.  In January, Dare to Dream.  Dare to consider the possibility that you can pursue your dreams, big and small, if you pick just one and pusue it with a passion.  If you're not sure what your true dreams are, or which ones to pursue, or how to pursue them - drop by in the coming year.  I'll be here day after day - working on my 2007 dream:  helping you to achieve your dream, your 2007 New Year Resolution.

I've been making goals and resolutions throughout my life.  I've learned through trial and error what works and what doesn't work.  I've been fortunate in my life.  I've had mentors, teachers, friends, family - many, many people who have given me a helping hand along the way.  I want to offer the same helping hand to any and all who join me here with a sincere desire to pursue a dream, just one dream, one resolution:  One Resolution, One Day At A Time For One Year.  Give yourself the gift of time in 2007 - 365 days to take one small step after another toward the finish line, achieving your dream.  Once there, if you choose, you can enjoy that dream for the rest of your life.  You don't have to achieve it, forget about it, and move on to the next goal on your list. 

If you want to succeed, please consider a few Don'ts.  You don't have to make a list of 10-20 New Year Resolutions - things about yourself that you would like to change, but know you won't because the burden of so many goals is just too heavy (not to mention the fact that you have no true desire or committment to follow through).  You don't have to get discouraged and give up after a few weeks because you don't know where to begin, how to create a plan, or how to turn procrastination into motivation.  You don't have to go it alone.  You don't have to fail in 2007.

Above all, you don't have to achieve that dream - your 2007 New Year Resolution - OVERNIGHT.  Lower the bar just a little, give yourself some time to learn how to soar over it:  one year.  Imagine what you can achieve in a year, if you spend 20-30-minutes each day pursuing your resolution.  Imagine the rewards you will reap, the things you will learn, the new people you will meet, the places you will go and see.

Dare To Dream.  That's the first step.  Even if you don't quite make it to the finish line in 2007 - you'll have made it a lot farther than 'someday' . . . If you make the journey, you will reap rewards along the way, regardless of where you end up:  One Resolution, One Day At A Time For One Year.  Be a Resolution Revolutionary like me.  Let's 'go for it' in 2007!

Kim M. Simpson - December 27, 2006
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New Year Resolutions -

"May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions."

Joey Adams - American Comedian, Actor (1911-1999) - From Thinkexist.com

My New Year Resolution -

"I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn't be nicer.  Every once in a while someone barks at me.  My New Year's Resolution is not to bark back."

Tucker Carlson - MSNBC Political Commentator - From Thinkexist.com

Christmas . . .

"A Merry Christmas to everybody!  A Happy New Year to all the world!"

Charles Dickens - English Novelist (1812-1970) - From Thinkexist.com

Plotting To Make Me Happy . . .

"I'm kind of paranoic in reverse.  I suspect people of plotting to make me happy."

J.D. Salinger - American Novelist & Short Story Writer (Born 1919)

Quotes From People Born On January 1 - From Thinkexist.com

Resolutions - Day 357

In just nine days we ring in the New Year!  Are you looking forward to a fresh start, a new year in which you'll have 365 opportunities to achieve your New Year resolution - your dream?  Maybe you really want to achieve your dream, but unfortunately you're one of the folks who practices the 'make em, break em' strategy of achieving resolutions.  You jot down a list of 10-20 things that you want to change in your life, then promptly bury it somewhere on your desk where it's ignored for the rest of the year.  If you sincerely want to achieve your resolution please open your mind and consider an alternative to the 'tried and failed' method pursuing New Year resolutions.  Consider the possibility that it's time to change the way you approach the practice of making and keeping New Year Resolutions.

Do me a favor.  Take a peek over your shoulder.  See that huge boulder chained to your back, that long list of 10-20 New Year Resolutions that you made January 1, 2006.  That boulder, in the form of all those resolutions is a well inteded weight that many of us carry around.  Well intended because change, achievement, self improvement are all healthy, worthwhile, productive goals.  But the weight of that huge boulder, that long list of resolutions, often makes us tired, overwhelmed, or bored, and it and slows true progress toward achieving our dreams.  Sometimes that weight forces us to give up.  We were unrealistic in making that long list.  We set the bar too high.  Maybe it's time to lower the bar just a little, so we can learn how to soar over it.

Get rid of the boulder on your back!  Cut the chains and it and let it roll back down the hill.  Forget about making a  long list of 10-20 resolutions for 2007.  Instead, lighten the load.  Grab your water bottle, snacks, a light jacket, and a good pair of tennis shoes.  If you're going to hike up the mountain toward the pinnacle of success in 2007 - make that journey with just one resolution, a dream about which you are truly passionate.  A resolution that makes you excited, something that you want to 'do' each and every day.  And if that's not realistic, a resolution that you can pursue a few days each week for one year - committment and daily, weekly, monthly devotion are among the keys to success.

If you really want to achieve your New Year Resolution, your dream, join me here in 2007.  Trust me: there are no gimmicks for sale.  The simple, common-sense system that I offer is free to anyone who is sincerely interested in making and keeping one resolution in 2007.  I'll provide my step-by-step system if you'll bring a sense of passion, determination, optimism, faith, and hope. 

In the next nine days, open your mind and Dare To Dream.  Take a look at the IResolveToPromise.pdf  - consider making making that promise to yourself in 2007.  Promise that you will pursue one resolution, one day at a time for one year.  Join the Resolution Revolution.  Let's 'go for it' in 2007!  Happy Holidays

Kim M. Simpson - December 23, 2006
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An Artist's Only Concern . . .

"An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's."

J.D. Salinger - American Novelist and Short Story Writer (Born 1919)

Famous Quotes By People Born On January 1 - From Thinkexist.com

Carpe diem . . .

"Carpe diem!  Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have.  It is later than you think."

Horace - Ancient Roman Poet (65 BC - 8 BC) - From Thinkexist.com

Resolutions - Day 354

A wonderful opportunity is just around the corner!  In just 12 days you and I will celebrate New Year's Day.  A centuries old tradition, folks reflect on what they've achieved in the past year, what they would like change and achieve in the New Year.  Personally, I use it as a brand new blank sheet of paper on which I can write a new chapter in my life.  One of my New Year rituals is to throw open the windows, clean my house, and get my life organized, and de-cluttered.  It's a prelude for achievement: One resolution, one day at a time for one year!

If you open your mind and dare to dream, 2007 can be an exciting year full of challenge and fulfillment.  Sounds big, broad and vague doesn't it?  Well, let me bring it down to earth.  In 2007 you can make a choice to pursue a treasured dream that has languished.  Maybe you've never admitted to anyone that you even have a dream.  Maybe your dream is just a tiny spark in your heart and mind.  The new year can be an opportunity to turn the spark into a flame, pursue your dream. 

Just one dream.  You don't have to change your life overnight.  You don't have to draft the same long, tired list of New Year Resolutions that you stuffed in your desk drawer last January.  In 2007 pursue just one dream - One resolution, one day at a time for one year.  You don't need to move a boulder up a mountain in 2007:  race from one resolution to another, until you finally get so overwhelmed and exhausted that you give up!  There is an alternative.

Join me here at IResolveTo in January. I'll provide a step-by-step guide for how you can achieve your dream.  If you're not sure which dream to pursue, I can help you with that too.  Take the first step right now:  Dare to Dream!  Open your mind and consider the possibility that you can achieve your 2007 New Year Resolution - your dream - if you make that choice.  If you believe in yourself and your dream, and if you give yourself the gift of time - 365-days - you will be rewarded with success and fulfillment.

Just think, if you pursue one dream each year, those achevements will be with you for your entire life.  You'll end up with a long list of New Year Resolutions that you 'MADE AND KEPT', instead of a drawer full Resolutions that never saw the light of day because they were unrealistic and ill-conceived.  And because you raised the bar so high, you never gave yourself a chance to grow and learn enough to actually make the big leap over it!

Achieving a New Year Resolution - a dream - requires a leap of faith.  It takes committment and hard work.  It takes a promise that you make to yourself to make time for yourself and your dream in 2007.  Open your mind.  Dare to dream.  Then make that all important decision in January to 'go for it' in 2007.  One resolution, one day at a time for one year!  Happy Holidays!

Kim M. Simpson - December 20, 2006
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Your 2007 New Year Resolution!

"Achieving dreams, resolutions goals is actually a series of steps - each one a leap of faith.  If you can open your mind, believe in yourself and your ability to achieve your dream it's time to take the nex step:  Decide.  Resolve, after all is to decide firmly with great determination.  There is no time better than the present to make that leap of faith.  The act of pursuing and achieving your dream can and will help you to find fulfillment in your life."

Kim M. Simpson - December 14, 2007
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Make Your 2007 Resolution: Just One . . .

"Everything that I've read in recent years suggests that people are generally giving up on making New Year resolutions.  I'm not surprised, folks are 'busy'.   A long list of things that you feel you should 'change' about yourself can be daunting and overwhelming.  Tiring, in fact.  It's a tired idea.  If it worked people would still be making and keeping their resolutions.

I'm not advocating that folks give up on self improvement.  Actually, just the opposite.  I believe a person will achieve more if he/she is focused on making just one improvement at a time.  Or learning just one new thing.  Or taking on just one new hobby.  You get the gist.  Typically the act of 'change', developing a new 'habit', or 'achieving a cherished dream' isn't something that happens overnight.  It takes time and hard work.  Days, months, sometimes years, but if it's something you truly want to achieve, you make the time, do the work."

Kim M. Simpson - December 18 2006
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Resolutions - Day 352

Based on everything you read and hear about New Year Resolutions, you'd think 'making and keeping' them is a near-dead practice.  Personally, I'm not giving up, and I hope you'll consider making one New Year Resolution in 2007, and sticking with it.

New Year Resolutions may very well be 'antiques', a beloved practice from a bygone era.  But, instead of giving up on them - throwing them in the 'trash heap' - in 2007, consider dusting them off and applying a bit of 'spit and polish'.  Join the Resolution Revolution in 2007.  On January 1, open your mind, dare to dream, and change the way you create your New Year Resolutions. 

Instead of drawing up a 'tired' list of a dozen things you think you should change about yourself - consider changing the way you think about the practice of 'making and keeping New Year Resolutions'.

This year, if you're like me and you want to be true to yourself, your desire to achieve your dreams - you'll give yourself a gift.  You'll lower the bar just a little.  Forget the tough love and intense pressure to fulfill one resolution and move on.  Forget about the list of 10-20 resolutions.  Make just one.  It doesn't mean you won't get out of bed and go to work each day; work hard to be a good parent; strive to care for your health.  You'll do all those things and a lot more.  But you'll also make time for yourself to do something 'for yourself', pursue a cherished, heartfelt dream. 

Pursue that dream with a passion, and If you stick with it day after day, on January 1, 2008, you'll be able to say:  'WOW, I achieved my dream' instead of, 'Oh, I don't remember where I put my list of 10 resolutions'. 

In 2007, I'm going to be right here, each and every day with advice, tips, and a system that works in the form of a weekly column (easy to print PDF format), and an EBook.  I'm not offering any gimmicks.  I'm not going to give you something for free, then turn around and try to sell you something else for hundreds of dollars.  If you want to achieve a cherished dream in 2007, join me here, for free!  Join the Resolution Revolution:  One resolution, one day at a time for one year.  Let's 'go for it' together in 2007! :)

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Your 2007 New Year Resolution!

"Procrastination reaps regret.  Action reaps achievement.  Turn that spark into a flame, make your dream a reality!"

Kim M. Simpson - December 14, 2006
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Your 2007 New Year Resolution!

"The act of pursuing and achieving your dream can and will help you to find fulfillment in your life.  I'm not going to predict it's going to change your life forever, or be the best year you've ever had.  Without question, you're going to hit bumps in the road, we all do, that's life.  But each and every time you put your heart and soul into something you love, you will learn something, reap rewards, and find personal fullfilment."

Kim M. Simpson - December 14, 2006
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Your 2007 New Year Resolution!

"Do it now.  Take that first small step.  Open your mind, dare to dream, and make a decision to 'go for it' in 2007.  Proscrastination is your worst enemy and patience is your best friend.  One resolution, one day at a time for one year.  Become a Resolution Revolutionary.  Make each day count.  Make each and every day New Year's Day!"

Kim M.Simpson - December 14, 2006
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Resolutions - Day 349

Yes, the New Year is right around the corner.  Just 17 days and counting! Are you enjoying the holiday season, lots of parties and good times leading up to the New Year?  I hope you are.  As I mentioned yesterday, I love this time of the year.  The good moods, good wishes, holiday cheer.  With the season comes busy, busy, busy days.  Folks trying to cram as much into the day as they possibly can.  I was at a holiday party last evening chatting with some colleagues.  The conversation ultimately turned to the New Year and making resolutions - not surprising, since it's one of my favorite topics.

My colleagues echoed something that I hear so often.  Naaah, 'not going to make resolutions this year, not enough time'.  Earlier this week, chatting with another colleague, she mentioned that she isn't making resolutions this year.  Same reason.  But she did say that she's trying to make time for herself on a regular basis, even if it's just heading outside to take a nice long walk with the dog.  We both laughed because she was still 'multi-tasking', even as she was making time for herself.

Time is one of our most valuable assets.  Given its value and scarcity, only 24-hours in a day (most days I wish I had twice my allotment), how we use our time is very important.  That's one of the reasons I so strongly believe in the concept of pursuing just one cherished dream each year.  Doesn't mean you're not working hard in a lot of other areas of your life (work, family, hobbies, religious activities, school), but each one of us needs to set aside some time each and every day just to pursue something about which we are passionate.  Something that we truly enjoy.

For every person, there's a different passion:  sports, writing, travel, photography, art, music . . . the list is endless.  You probably have a cherished dream.  Maybe you want to write a book, learn to play the piano, learn to be a photographer, travel to Europe for the first time, or . . . so many choices and options.  So few hours in the day.

If you're thinking about abandoning the whole concept of making a New Year Resolution this year (as so many people do) don't give up just yet.  Consider making one resolution.  Make one promise to yourself that you will devote 20-30 minutes each day to that dream, that passion.  Some days you won't have time time, but you'll make up for it on other days.

So open your mind, consider the possibilities. Dare to dream, then make that all important decision to pursue that dream:  One Resolution, One Day At A time For One Year.  Become a Resolution Revolutionary like me.  Let's go for it in 2007!  :)

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Remember . . .

"Unless we remember we cannot understand."

E.M. Forster - English Novelist & Essayist (1879-1970)
Famous Quotes By People Born On January 1
From Thinkexist.com

Resolutions - Day 348

Just 18 days and counting until New Year's Day!  I'm so looking forward to the start of the new year on January 1. I view each and every day as a gift - one more opportunity to enjoy my life, achieve my dreams, and give something back to the community in which I live. 

At this time of the year, one of my personal traditions is to reflect on what I've accomplished, what I've learned, and where I want to travel next on this wonderful journey.  I make it my habit to record my dreams and resolutions in journals.  Each year it's interesting to look back on the successes, mistakes, lessons learned, and on what is still lingering on the list of unfulfilled goals.  In the next two weeks I'll share some of those reflections.

If you're doing your own reflecting, consider taking one additional step in 2007, actually a leap:  Open your mind and dare to dream.  Maybe it's time to pursue a cherished dream - one that you haven't had the courage to pursue, but you refuse to send it to the goal graveyard.  You have a spark of hope that you will oneday achieve your dream - 2007 can be the year that you turn the spark into a flame.

Achieving dreams, resolutions goals is actually a series of steps - each one a leap of faith.  If you can open your mind, believe in yourself and your ability to achieve your dream it's time to take the nex step:  Decide.  Resolve, after all is to decide firmly with great determination.  There is no time better than the present to make that leap of faith.  The act of pursuing and achieving your dream can and will help you to find fulfillment in your life.  I'm not going to predict it's going to change your life forever, or make 2007 the best year you've ever had.  Without question, you're going to hit bumps in the road, we all do, that's life.  But each and every time you put your heart and soul into something you love, you will learn something, reap rewards and find personal fullfilment. 

The size of the dream is no matter.  It's your dream and that's all that counts.  It's important to you.  If you can take those first two steps in the New Year:  Dare to Dream, and Decide to pursue your dream, the next steps, one after another will flow from your conviction to make your dream a reality in 2007.

I intend to show up here each and every day to describe a system that works:  the rest of the steps that will help you to achieve your dream in 2007.  I'll be to offer advice, and a shoulder to lean on.  Each week I'll present a column in an easy to print PDF format.  In the Spring of 2007 I'll provide a comprehensive EBook to get you through the rest of the year.  Each week, I'll be working on my on dream, my 2007 resolution:  to help you achieve your dream. 

Become a resolution revolutionary like me.  It's time to drastically change the way you think about New Year Resolutions and goals.  In 2007 say 'no' to that tired, old list of 'stuff' that you think you should change about yourself, or think you should do, but know you will discard as soon as you put pen to paper.  Make January 1 a truly new day, a day in which you promise yourself that you will pursue your cherished dream.

Procrastination reaps regret.  Action reaps achievement.  Turn that spark into a flame, make your dream a reality!

One Resolution, One Day At A Time For One Year.  Let's 'go for it' in 2007.

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Daily Exercise - Day 348

Gorgeous December days!  The weather has been incredibly mild this past week - so I made the best of it and got out for a long walk yesterday.  No time for a workout today, but my bike and Total Gym are on my 'To Do List' for tomorrow.  I'm really looking forward to getting back into my workout regimen full swing within the next couple of weeks - including swimming! Until then . . . :)

It's Funny . . .

"It's funny.  All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to."

J.D. Salinger - American Novelist & Short Story Writer (Born 1919)
Famous Quotes By People Born on January 1 - From Thinkexist.com

Writing . . .

"Writing, I think, is not apart from living.  Writing is a kind of double living.  The write experiences everything twice.  Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind."

Catherine Drinker Bowen - American Writer, 1897-1973
Famous Quotes By People Born On January 1 - From Thinkexist.com

Resolutions - Day 346

In just 20 days we will ring in the New Year!  I'm excited.  I love Christmas and the New Year.  I've been making and keeping New Year resolutions most of my life, so it's a special time of the year for me.  Maybe for you too.  Did you make and keep a New Year resolution in 2006?  If your answer is 'YES', congratulations! 

If your answer is 'yes' and 'no, I gave up', I'm sorry to hear that, but I'm not surprised.  New Year revelers commonly make a long list of things they want to change about themselves - I like to call it the 'sins list', stop drinking, stop smoking, stop over-spending, stop -over-eating, you get the gist.  The list of 'sins' is drawn up on January 1, and promptly ignored on January 2.  The reason:   no fun, too much work, too hard, not interested . . .

No suprise there either.  It takes a lot of time, determination and courage to tackle and achieve just one resolution, especially if it's a habit or behavior that you don't really want to change, but know you should to improve your life.

Maybe it's time to think of New Year resolutions in a different way.  I'm stubborn.  I don't want to abandon the practice of making resolutions.  It's a wonderful way to achieve great things.  January 1 is a perfect day to begin the journey toward achievement - its a day in which you have a clean slate - 365 more glorious days to enjoy your life! 

If you're thinking about making a resolution, I ask you open your mind on January 1, 2007.  Frame your New Year resolution in a different way.  Become a Resolution Revolutionary like me:  think outside the box.  Just because most people pursue New Year resolutions in a way that leads to failure doesn't mean you have to do the same.  Consider a different way of making and keeping resolutions.  A way that works.

First:   Make just one resolution for 2007.  What would you love to achieve more than anything?  What is your dream?  What would you do if you had all the money and time in the world?  I've asked myself those question many times.  My response is always the same:  writing and photography top the list.  My resolution in recent years has been to exercise daily because I enjoy it, but also because I'm using myself and my exercise resolution as a case-study for how to achieve resolutions.  My dream is to help people to achieve 'their' resolutions, their dreams - one resolution, one day at a time.

Second:  You don't have to achieve your resolution, your dream, overnight.  Great athletes don't break records overnight.  Great writers don't write best sellers overnight.  They work passionately to achieve their dreams day after day - one day at a time.  You can too.  You can achieve your dream, one resolution, one day at a time for one year.  If you put in just 30-minutes each day, that time compounds like interest in a bank account:  7.5 full 24-hour days devoted toward your resolution in one year.  That's a lot of time to work toward a cherished dream.

Third:  You don't have to go it alone.  Join me here.  I intend to lend moral support to any and all who join me in this journey.  After you've made a firm decision (resolve) to pursue your resolution, enlist your family, get them involved.  Seek out friends who share your dream, work together.  Take a class, join a club.  There are so many options and choices.  So many different ways to meet and work with like-minded souls who share your interest and may be working toward the eact same dream!

Fourth:  Develop a plan.  It's pretty difficult to travel from New York to Los Angeles without a roadmap.  Same goes for achieving resolutions.  You need a plan, a resolution roadmap that will  guide you to your final destination - take you to soaring heights, and get you past the pot holes.  Creating and maintaining a plan isn't hard, but it's vitally important.  I can guide you through the process. 

In the next few weeks open your mind and 'Dare to Dream'.  Think about what you would love to achieve more than anything else.  Imagine achieving that dream.  Wouldn't it be wonderful?  You don't have to do it overnight.  You don't have to do it alone.  You can do it.  You can achieve your dream in 2007.  One resolution, one day at a time for one year.  Become a Resolution Revolutionary like me.  Let's 'go for it' in 2007 with passion, determination, faith, hope, and an abundance of optimism. 

Daily Exercise - Day 346

Busy, busy, busy straight through the end of the year!  It's not going to slow down for a minute.  With that in mind, I'm going to have to work triple hard to do my 30-minute daily work out the next couple of weeks.  I really missed my daily work outs this past fall (I reduced the number to a couple each week); and I missed showing up here each night the past few months, but I really needed to take a break.  Sound decision.  My batteries are re-charged and my engine is raring to go!  New exercise plan is right around the corner for 2007.  In the meantime, tomorrow a long walk in between meetings in D.C.  Until then . . . :)

Daily Exercise - 346

Busy, busy, busy - all the way through the end of the year!  It's not going to slow down for a minute.  With that in mind, I'm really going to have to work triple hard to make time for 30-minute work outs.  I've had my 'sabbatical', a little down time, now it's time to crank up the engines again.  I missed my daily work outs as much as I missed showing up here each night.  But I'm back, and my resolution project and exercise resolution are back in the front seat!  Stretching tonight, long walk in D.C. tomorrow between meetings!  Until then . . . :)

Transformation . . .

"What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote it."

E.M. Forster - English Novelist and Essayist, 1879-1970
Quotes By People Born on January 1 - From Thinkexist.com

Resolutions - Day 345

Just 21 days until New Year's Day 2007!  Amazing how quickly the year has passed.  It's been a crazy, busy, busy year for me - you too, I'm sure.  With that in mind, I took a sabbatical of sorts this Fall.  My 'To Do List' wasn't getting shorter;  a project into which I poured my heart and soul sputtered;, and I sensed I was nearing burn-out.  So I followed one of my own I Resolve To Don'ts:  'Don't grow bored and weary, or burn out. 

I began pushing to the back burner some things that I love to do, including my blogs and my I Resolve To project.  I worked out a couple days each week, instead of 30-minute daily work outs (my 2006 resolution is to work out for 30-60 minutes daily).  Essentially, I reduced expectations. I lowered the bar that I'm expected to leap over each day.   From mid-September until this past weekend I backed off just a bit on the 'go, go, go' lifestyle that is so common in the Washington, DC region. I took some naps!  I turned off my blackberry and the news more often.  I skipped periodic weekends filled with yard work. 

I kept up with my business projects - it was an election year after all - but I just chilled a bit on personal and professional projects that weren't time sensitive.  It was the best course of action I could have taken.  I'm not as rested as I would like to be, but that will come in time.  Giving my  brain and body a little rest has produced new energy, enthusiasm and passion for all the many things that I love to do. 

With that in mind, I have some new plans for this blog and my resolution project.  For the folks who drop by for a bit of inspiration about their own resolutions, in 2007 I'm going to continue to post uplifting quotes, and articles, along with updates on my own resolution progress.  More importantly, I plan to post a weekly column in easy to print PDF format that will be filled with tips and information about achieving your dream - your 2007 New Year Resolution.  An EBook is also in the works, so stay tuned!

Yes, as I've been preaching all year - One Resolution, One Day At A Time For One Year.  As we approach New Year's Day 2007 try something different.  Don't mull the list of 10-20 things you hate about yourself - things you would like to change.  You'll set yourself up for failure from the very beginning of the New Year.  It's no wonder that New Year Resolutions are almost extinct, folks just don't 'make 'em and keep em' anymore.  That list, drafted on January 1, will begin collecting dust on January 2.  Daily life is so chock full of 'stuff to do' who wants yet another long, unhappy list  of 'stuff to do'? 

Instead, think of this New Year's Day as an opportunity to start anew - including the way you think about the New Year, and making New Year Resolutions.  The New Year can be a golden opportunity to pursue your dream.  We all have dreams.  Why not make a promise to yourself on Janary 1 to pursue one cherished dream in 2007 - something you've always wanted to accomplish.  Think about it.  In coming days, I'll have a lot more to say about a 2007 strategy for achieving your 2007 New Year Resolution - your dream.  I'll be here all year.  Let's make the journey together.

In 2007, join me - become a RESOLUTION REVOLUTIONARY:  One resolution, One Day At A Time For One Year.  Make Each Day Count.  Make each and every day New Year's Day.  Let's 'go for it' together in 2007!

Daily Exercise - Day 345

I'm baaacck! :)  I slowed the pace just a bit the past few months.  I've been exercising, just at a reduced pace.  I'm ready to get back to a measured 30-minute daily work out regimen.  Tonight, stretching.  Tomorrow, my bike and Total Gym.  Wednesday, a walk!  Lots to look forward to - the New Year (and a new work out strategy) is just around the corner.  Until then . . .

Vice & Virtue . . .

"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is not vice!  And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."

Barry Goldwater - American Politician & Senator, 1909-1998
Famous Quotes By People Born on January 1 - From Thinkexist.com

Focus . . .

"Focused, hard work is the real key to success.  Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it.  If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which way works better."

John Carmack - Famous Quotes By People Born on January 1, From Think Exist.com

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