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Successful Resolutions

I do not remember a time when I was successful at keeping a New Years Resolution.  What I do remember more than anything else is disappointing myself because my big plans and big dreams dissipated well before they had a chance to get off the ground.  I cannot remember a time when the New Year brought a serious time for change.

I am more successful during the season of Lent.  Maybe because it is 40 days and maybe because of the religious connotation behind the sacrifice.  However what I do during Lent is to take on something I may need to improve my life.  I have given up meat for forty days.  It took a lot of work and creativity but I survived.  I also felt as if I had accomplished something good.  I believe it was more about the conscious thought that there was nothing that I could give up or take on that was worth more than what Christ did.

So do I normally keep resolutions?  The answer is no.  Can I remember a time when I was successful at keeping a New Years Resolution?  No.  Do I encourage those with the discipline and dedication necessary to make and keep resolutions?   Absolutely.  However don’t ask me about my resolutions because I have none to share.

What Are My Resolutions for the New Year?

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I am beginning this year doing the NaBloPoMo January writing challenge.  In an effort to become more disciplined as well as to give my blog the attention this deserves, I am going to jump in with both feet.  Here is my first post for this blog challenge.

I gave up making resolutions years ago.  Maybe it was because by the 5th of the year I had probably fell off and by the 10th of the month I had forgot most of them.  Finding the paper where they were written became a lesson in futility.  So as I matured I realized that making resolutions was not for me.  No with that being said, what I do try to do each year is to make improvements of myself, my life and work to take my ideas and professions to the next and best level.

As I move through 2015, I like most other people want to lose weight, exercise, make more money, find more time to do the things I love, spend more time with the people I love and ultimately leave the world a little bit better because I was here on this earth.  So the answer to the question what is my resolution is answered by saying that there is no resolution.  Simply a commitment to be better, do better and live better,

Until Tomorrow