Instead of “lose weight”
- join Weight Watchers this Saturday
- walk for 15 minutes every day
- buy carrots
- set the timer for x minutes and keep my hands moving until the timer rings
- produce 4 pages today
- produce 4 pages by Monday
- write one chapter a month (or two chapters, or three)
- something that you have a possibility of achieving
- but don’t make it TOO easy
- I can have one chocolate a day with a cup of tea at 4 o’clock
- by Sunday
- by Jan 31
- by my next CARWA meeting
- when the timer rings
I love Tami’s approach and think I will follow suit this year. I will set some SMART goals (particularly for my writing) but I will keep an Un-Resolution List to think about, and do, in no particular order or timeframe.
Walk in the forest
Do angel wings in the water
Snowshoe
Enjoy the moment
Read widely
Sing
Take pictures
Make photo albums
Treasure each day
Watch sunrises
Sip lattes with friends
Count stars
Learn about constellations
Dream of possibilities
Practice Spanish
Listen to ballads
Savour good wine
Talk to the dog
Encourage others
Add to this list
Do you make resolutions? Or do you prefer the fluidity and freedom of Un-Resolutions? Do you have a favourite resolution you make over and over?
Happy New Year! May 2013 bring you all you are hoping for.
Instead of ‘resolutions’, I prefer to consider them ‘goals’. Goals are much easier to attain. 🙂
I was going to say, “what a smart post”, except since the subject was smart goals, that was kind of redundant. How ’bout I just compliment your solid advice. All the best in 2013!
Great advice ~ gotta get started on my list(s)!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year Brenda & Liv & Kim!
I’d never heard of SMART goals – a wise concept for breaking them down into attainable pieces.
Thanks for the mention! Love your un-resolution list. Such great ideas on there, I may have to add a few to my own.
Happy New Year!
Thanks Tami!
I encourage you all to get over to Tami’s site (link is above) and check out her un-resolution list. I especially like the one about trying out new varietals!
good post, Suzanne. i too like un-resolutions.
is there any chance you can change your ‘choose an identity’ to include name and url, like so many other blogger sites? I have having to log in to google and then remembering to sign out again.
Thanks for stopping by, Louise. Good luck with your un-resolutions!
I will send you a screen capture of what the “open ID” should look like. Although, I think that with Blogger, you just click on the OpenID you want, but it does not seem to offer the option of putting in a url.
Anybody understand this?
Love your examples of SMART goals. Very, er, intelligent!
Your un-resolution list sounds amazing… I have some similar wishes for 2013 and will no doubt post about them soon 😉
Re the blogger login question: In my experience, the best option for wordpress users commenting on Blogger is the “name URL” option, because I’ve found OpenID doesn’t work too well for some reason. I’m probably about to have the same problem as Louise… You need to activate the “name URL” option in your settings I think.
OK. Let’s see if this Name/URL thing works…
hmmm, it does, but then it does not leave my photo…
I guess you need to sign in with a google/blogger ID to rate a photo!
I like unresolutions! But, I also like resolutions. So, I’m doing both! 🙂
Hi Lorraine! I am PLANNING on doing both too, but I’m stalling on the concrete Resolutions for my writing. I guess I need to set a date: by Jan 15, I will list this year’s writing goals.