2022 Review

resolutions

#157

My last note for 2022.

Recall I started writing 3x per week as a 2022 New Year's Resolution.  The targeted Audience of Four was my four teenaged kids. I wanted a record of my thoughts to share.

This is #157.  I've accomplished what I set out to accomplish, I published 3x per week for all of 2022. I wrote some interesting notes that felt great when I hit the send button. I wrote a few that were pretty bad. Overall the pride in the good stuff outweighs the embarrassment of the bad.

The #1 takeaway a far as “life advice” is concerned is this: surround yourself with good people.

I plan to keep writing, but reduce the cadence to 1x per week (probably every Friday).

Feedback welcome!

This all started as a New Year's Resolution.

Resolutions

The benefits of making Resolutions.

Back in 2011 we started making New Year’s Resolutions as a family.  We would write them down and share them with everyone.  We would then review the next year when we all got together.

As you might expect, most resolutions were forgotten, and goals not reached. But, even if you don’t stick to them, resolutions are a good practice.  It is a chance to take a big picture view of your life.  Share goals with friends.  In some cases, start over & re-establish priorities.

Why I find resolutions helpful:

The act of thinking about a resolution is an opportunity to take step back and take a broader look at what you are doing and why you are doing it.

What I find works for me:

• Written record

• Make goals specific & measurable

• Share goals with others, perhaps even to the point of discomfort

• Have a specific accountability partner

• Review often

• Achieve some early success

• Understand the “why” behind the “what”

Of that entire list, I find the last one to be the most important.  The “why” behind the “what”.  Understand why you want to “eat better”.  Is it to look better?  Feel better?  Because everyone else is doing it?  If you have a good handle on why, you are much more likely to stick with it.

Of course, the ultimate goal is to have a positive resolution develop into a lifestyle that requires no thought & just becomes part of your routine.

You are & always will be a work in progress.