My Great New Year’s Resolution Dilemma. How do I avoid being a hypocrite?

Yes my friends, it’s that time again.  When we all take stock of the year gone by and try to come up with intentions for the year ahead.  Now, I don’t know about you, but this usually consists of me making a small mental list of things like, lose weight, eat better (this is supposed to facilitate the whole weight loss resolution.), spend more time writing, spend more time keeping up with household chores (uhh, is that before or after I spend more time writing?).  Anyway, you get the idea.  And, every year, right around January 2nd or third, I give it all up as a lost cause.

Hey! Don’t snicker at me.  I’m not the only one.  You know who you are.  Don’t try to deny it.  We’ve all been a member of the this-year-I-really-mean-it club.  For the last couple of years I made it known I was NOT going to make any resolutions because I wasn’t going to keep them anyway, but then that makes for the awkward conversation around the water cooler after everyone gets back to work and they all want to know what your resolution is.  For some reason, “my resolution is to never make a resolution,” doesn’t garner the chuckles you’d think it would.

Well, since I am almost done with my historical manuscript, and I was going to finish it soon anyway, I figured I will make it this year’s resolution.  I know, I know, you say that shouldn’t count because a resolution is something you wouldn’t normally be doing but will work hard to make it part of your new year.  Yet, you and I both know I will not be sticking to my diet (I am going on one by the way), and I will continue to find more and more inventive ways to avoid making time to write (especially when Mr. W. Block decides to distract my Muse).  Hmmm, too bad the spending more time cleaning never really cut it for one of my inventive ways to avoid writing.  You’d think it would be perfect; I would still be attaining one of my resolutions….

Well, with each year comes the resolution and the promise that this year will see it through.  Perhaps my real resolution should be to keep my resolutions.  Let’s see if that works.  Hey, just for kicks and added torture (to myself or to the endless folks clamoring to read my witty blogs, I don’t know), but I’ll even make a resolution to keep blogging on a regular basis.

I hope you all had a safe and happy New Year.
Sandra (