Resolutions, 2013

RESOLUTIONS, 2013 A new yr again? Already? The older you get the shorter years appear to be. When I was a child, a yr seemed to take eternally. But then if you’re ten years old, a year is a tenth of your life. Now it’s only a 48th of my life, so perhaps that’s the factor. Whatever the rationale 2012 seemed to only whiz right by. Last 12 months I went on a little bit of a rant in my annual yr-end/12 months-beginning publish, ending with a promise not to try this once more, so I received’t do this again. I received’t hassle reporting on how I managed in my efforts to be more healthy, extra constructive, and so on. What difference does that make? was a 12 months of ups and downs, like any 12 months. I did some good work, make some dangerous mistakes, was lots busier than I was in 2011 (which is sweet) and in each significant method issues are really trying up. That being stated, what do I resolve to do in 2013? All the identical stuff: be healthier, clear the garage more typically, reside in th e future, be constructive, work harder. In quick, keep up with what I’ve been doing for the final year or so. But come on, I gotta have one thing new this yr, some kind of publically-acknowledged aim that you can all get together and cheer me on towards, right? If you make a public promise you’re more prone to comply with via, aren’t you? Yeah, okay. Let’s try this. Yesterday I wrote down a listing of things in my little notebook. In no explicit order: WORK HARDER BE POSITIVE EXERCISE EAT BETTER BE SMARTER WITH MONEY WRITE EVERY DAY READ EVERY DAY BE OPEN TO EVERYTHING PLAY GAMES CALL PEOPLE LEARN TO PLAY THE GUITAR Quite an inventory. Can I really do all that stuff? Why not? Looking at that listing again it seems like some fairly no-nonsense stuff, all designed to make me a greater, happier particular person. I surprise . . . what’s the difference between a “decision” and a “goal”? Something like LEARN TO PLAY THE GUITAR is extra like a aim. It’s an achievable t ask. But something a little extra open-ended, harder to describe or measure in concrete terms, like BE POSITIVE is extra a resolutionâ€"I “resolve” to switch (or no less than monitor) my habits/reactions. And oh, yeah, this is a weblog about writing. If I were a personality in one of your stories, would you could have written down a listing like this for me? What are your hero’s New Years Resolutions? What are his or her goals? Have you written an identical record in your villain? To a point individuals can be outlined by their ambitions, desires, and the diploma to which they’re willing to work, sacrifice, wrestle, or surrender of their pursuit of those ambitions. And not everyoneâ€"I daresay, not anybodyâ€"is so hyper-targeted on one objective that he doesn’t have stuff like LEARN TO PLAY THE GUITAR on his listing of targets and resolutions. If I were a villain, I may need USURP THE THRONE OF GOLIAN on my list, and that can begin the story off, nevertheless it’s the re st of the list that may deliver me to life. â€"Philip Athans About Philip Athans I wrote the same listing in a special order. Weird. Or not. Great reminder about unhealthy guys. I already have a pair more concepts for my current one to make him extra real, extra reachable.