Don't Bother With New Years Resolutions, Have a Thin Mint InsteadSunday, January 01, 2006 Each year millions of us make what have become known as "New Years resolutions." They range from losing weight, quitting smoking to spending more time with the family. Most resolutions are things we would really like to see changed in our lives. If they are important enough to declare as resolutions why do we end up with many unresolved? Celebrating New Years is as old as ancient Babylon with the first celebrations dating back to 4000 B.C. They declared their New Years resolutions in late March when spring was underway and they were planting crops. They had no written calendar so I guess they had no ball that fell as well. Julius Caesar changed all of this in 46 B.C., when he developed what we know as the Julian calendar and January 1 became the first day of the New Year. In order to correct the change in calendar he had to keep the previous year running for 445 days. Ancient civilizations celebrated New Years for days, even weeks, not just one day.  There have been years where I had New Years resolutions. My most popular one was "getting in shape." In 2005, ironically, I made a resolution around late March (an ancient New Years) to workout regularly. It had nothing to do with the New Year obviously, but rather a challenge from a friend to start working out with him and some other friends. I took the challenge and as of Friday I am still in the gym every week 3 or 4 days a week. I will be back in the gym tomorrow when it reopens. In March I will celebrate a year of getting in shape. It has become a part of me now. I didn't make a resolution, rather a life style change. It became a commitment both to the goal and to accountability. It is easy to set goals, but achieving them requires discipline. It is usually a lack of discipline that keeps me from staying focused on attaining the goal. Having someone I respect holding me accountable is crucial.There were a myriad of goals that I could set for 2006. This year I sat down with a sheet of paper and wrote out all that I would like to accomplish in the upcoming year. I erased some, tweaked others until I had a list that I felt was attainable and realistic. Being an optimistic person it is difficult for me to keep my goal setting realistic. For each goal I set three tiers. For example, I wanted to do the Robert Kiyosaki thing and add to my asset column. I set three levels; the first being a very realistic goal. The second level is something that I would work harder to reach. The third level being something very challenging to attain. I will give you some examples of my goals and will track my progress on my blog throughout the year. How is that for accountability? This is Part One of a series of posts that I will publish on goal setting. If you have never read a book by Robert Kiyosaki you need to make a New Years resolution; buy his book "Rich Dad Poor Dad  ."Happy New Year! I have to go. There is a girl at the door in a Girl Scouts uniform. Selling cookies on NewYears day? Interesting, but I have a goal to get my hands on several boxes of Thin Mints. Eric posted at 1/01/2006 12:35:00 PM |
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9 Comments:
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Thin mints!
My favorite!
I still can't believe you ordered TWO boxes of thin mints and only ONE box of Samoas.......
Thin Mints rock!
Jill: the way to handle that is a samoa - thin mint sandwich! MMMMMMMMMM!
I would take thin mints intravenously... but then you miss out on the taste.
Hey Eric: TAG YOUR IT TOO! HAR HAR HAR
Oh.... and one other thing... ONLY 2 BOXES OF THINS MINTS????? LOL
Happy New Year to you and yours, Eric. Yup - no more resolutions, setting goals it a better way (or is that another word for resolutions?)...
Thin mints? not for me.
I don't make no new years resolution, is that weird?
Happy New Year :) !
I reolve to eat all of the Thin Mints I can get my buds on!
* Grins a wide chocolatey grin *
I went in to work today only to find out that I had missed a phone message that I didnt have to come in.
I went home doing the happy dance.
YES!
Thin mints are the best cookies the Girl Scouts have ever sold!!! Yummy, yummy, yummy. One box just isn't enough. :-D
Happy New Year!!! :o)
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