{"id":409,"date":"2010-01-02T11:02:23","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T17:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=409"},"modified":"2010-05-08T11:44:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T17:44:55","slug":"new-years-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2010\/01\/02\/new-years-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>We make them every year &#8211; at least, many of us do. The whole notion has been so maligned that some of us have taken to keeping them private.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s wrong with making New Year&#8217;s resolutions? It&#8217;s as good a time as any, and a date that most of us can easily remember.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a time to think back, take stock, and strive to do better. That&#8217;s what they&#8217;re about, aren&#8217;t they? If I really gave it some thought, I could come up with a very long list, but I think a shorter list is easier to focus on.<\/p>\n<p>In that spirit, here are mine (NOT in order of importance &#8211; that&#8217;s a whole different can of worms):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Lose 15 lb.<\/li>\n<li>Have more fun.<\/li>\n<li>Laugh more.<\/li>\n<li>Forgive faster.<\/li>\n<li>Judge less.<\/li>\n<li>Write more blog entries. (Actually, that could be write more just generally.)<\/li>\n<li>Finish writing the 5 books I&#8217;m working on.<\/li>\n<li>Pay more attention to the people who matter to me.<\/li>\n<li>Get rid of some of the clutter.<\/li>\n<li>Find meaningful work that also pays well.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Stay tuned&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-409'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(409);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(409);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(409);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>We make them every year &#8211; at least, many of us do. The whole notion has been so maligned that some of us have taken to keeping them private. What&#8217;s wrong with making New Year&#8217;s resolutions? It&#8217;s as good a &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2010\/01\/02\/new-years-resolutions\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-miscellaneous"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-6B","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1634,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/03\/31\/having-conviction-in-your-thoughts\/","url_meta":{"origin":409,"position":0},"title":"Having Conviction in Your Thoughts","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"March 31, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Amid the unrelenting march into the digital age, we get this: The Digital Generation Rediscovers the Magic of Manual Typewriters - NYTimes.com. 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