Your best year ever
Jerry Hitchcock | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 12 years, 11 months AGO
Now that Christmas is over, we're faced with the end of 2012.
Yep - Old Man 2012 is making way for Baby New Year, and who knows what 2013 will bring?
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This is the time that we humans must look in the rear view mirror, determine what all went wrong this year and figure out a way to make it better in the next 12 months.
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Yep - I'm talking about New Year's resolutions.
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With all the best intentions, we swear to abide by whatever plan we have come up with (at least for a little while, if for nothing else to show we have a shred of willpower).
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A real common resolution involves weight loss, and this is no doubt due to the comfort-food holidays of the last two months, as well as all that Christmas baking that is lying around for the taking. And all that sugar forces you into a state of lying around.
Weight loss is a great goal, but if you are only in it due to peer (or family) pressure, your odds of achieving your goal are remote. Like they say: Old habits die hard. That cookie jar seems to have a magnet in it that pulls your mouth toward it when that word "diet" is introduced.
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Maybe you're spending too much money, or are you just not making enough? All those "After Christmas Sales" aren't doing you any favors with this one.
If you've decided that you need more money, why not further your career aspirations by going back to school?
It is a noble resolution. Just curious: What was the reason you left in the first place? Hopefully your focus and resolve are stronger this time. If you're doing it just so you can get some use out of all those preppy clothes gathering dust in your closet, maybe you need to reconsider ...
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Whatever 2013 brings, just make sure you resolve to at least keep up with your status quo. Otherwise, your 2014 resolution will be to "get back to my 2012 lifestyle."
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That should provide you motivation enough to make 2013 your best year ever.
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Good luck - I'm pulling for you.
Jerry Hitchcock is a copy editor for The Press. He can be reached at 664-8176, Ext. 2017, or via email at [email protected].
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