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So, it's January 5 and I still haven't made a new year's resolution. (Perhaps worse yet, I also haven't gotten some folks their Christmas presents yet, but that I think I have under control.) I really like the tradition of new year's resolutions, so I feel it's important I get on this ASAP.
I have considered quite a few things, from "cook more/eat out less" to "make fewer misogynistic comments" to "clean up living areas more" to "don't avoid doing laundry like the plague" to "write more emails to old friends" to "stop forgetting German", but it's hard to decide. All of these options seem good to me, and there are a number of other good ones I don't mention besides. Nothing I've thought of is... I dunno...outstanding?
Note that there are much bigger things in my life than these that need fixing (indeed, to some of you the above might seem trivial), but with resolutions I tend to stick to things where the only variable is myself/my actions, so that I can't possibly justify to myself any lapse in keeping them. (For instance, "Get a raise at work" or "Make more friends" would be less than ideal because those largely depend on someone else's opinion of me, which is not always something I can affect.)
Of course, I could resolve to do everything I can think of, but it's a lot to ask to become the person I want to be in the span of a single year. I'd much rather make one resolution I fully keep than two I mostly keep. So far, I am leaning towards 'cook more and eat out less", since, while but one resolution, it is not only a resolution to improve my skill at a useful art, but also tacitly a resolution to save money and improve my health.
So, gentle readers, what do you think would an attainable but significant goal for me would be this year? Any input on the above, or suggestions of things I haven't mentioned?
I have considered quite a few things, from "cook more/eat out less" to "make fewer misogynistic comments" to "clean up living areas more" to "don't avoid doing laundry like the plague" to "write more emails to old friends" to "stop forgetting German", but it's hard to decide. All of these options seem good to me, and there are a number of other good ones I don't mention besides. Nothing I've thought of is... I dunno...outstanding?
Note that there are much bigger things in my life than these that need fixing (indeed, to some of you the above might seem trivial), but with resolutions I tend to stick to things where the only variable is myself/my actions, so that I can't possibly justify to myself any lapse in keeping them. (For instance, "Get a raise at work" or "Make more friends" would be less than ideal because those largely depend on someone else's opinion of me, which is not always something I can affect.)
Of course, I could resolve to do everything I can think of, but it's a lot to ask to become the person I want to be in the span of a single year. I'd much rather make one resolution I fully keep than two I mostly keep. So far, I am leaning towards 'cook more and eat out less", since, while but one resolution, it is not only a resolution to improve my skill at a useful art, but also tacitly a resolution to save money and improve my health.
So, gentle readers, what do you think would an attainable but significant goal for me would be this year? Any input on the above, or suggestions of things I haven't mentioned?