Do you make’em? Most years I do. I went through a time, when I just didn’t bother to. Life was hectic and came at break-neck speed, just keeping my head above water was the best I could hope for.
But back in 2005, I started doing them again. Well, I called them Goals rather than Resolutions.
It was very successful, and I lost 28 lbs over about 6 months. But I didn’t think it was healthy to eat that food for the rest of my life. So I went back to “real” food and gained back 10 lbs. That wasn’t too bad. But then we moved and I had the broken ankle enforced inactivity for months. Well, thankfully, I never gained back all 28 lbs, but nearly.
(This was taken when my feet were still puffy from not walking for two months!) 
Marsha R. West, Author 
Happy New Year Marsha,
Wishing you the best of luck with your goals. They sound solid and well thought out.
I have to be careful with mine. When I make big ones I doom myself to failure, mostly through self-sabotage. I’m really good at that.
What works best for me is short term goals, like getting my pirate novella up for pre-order in the next two weeks, while remembering to brush my teeth every day hug my husband and not eat sugar.
I’m guessing I’ll be successful at the first three and the last one will be a struggle. lol
Thanks for your thought provoking post.
all the best
hugs,
Jo-Ann
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Hey, Jo-Ann. I get the self-sabotage. And I like the short term goals. I just list those out leading to the bigger things. And I do list them so I can check them off. That’s the best feeling! The sugar goal is the pits! LOL What’s that about addiction? Wishing you a happy and successful new year. Thanks for your friendship. 🙂
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I love your idea of having categories of goals. Best wishes with those.
I’m a task writer. I used to always write down what I wanted to accomplish that day, every day. I still do that for holidays or when friends are coming over, what needs to be done and then I cross the task out when accomplished.
Perhaps I should do that for my writing, although I have increased my writing days to three a week in the winter. Believe me I don’t want to leave the house to do anything else. The windchill was -25 yesterday and temp -8.
I started a diet January 1st. I lost two pounds the 1st day, two the 2nd, then the 3rd I gained two pounds and the 4th day I still haven’t lost those two pounds, I’m sure because I ate a small measured-out portion of pasta. It’s a WW diet and I didn’t even eat as much as I was allowed. Go figure!!!!
As always, I enjoyed your post. Have a great week, Marsha.
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Hey, Susan. I’m a real list maker. If it doesn’t get on some kind of list–even if only on Notes on my phone, it doesn’t get done. I also need a deadline. Work doesn’t get done without one of those. I can just lallygag the time away. Don’t stress over the two lbs. Celebrate the ones you lost. Know that there will be days regardless of what you eat, the weight will not drop. It’s like your body is saying: “Give me time to process this!”
Good luck with this. You can do it. We’ll keep each other on track. Thanks so much for stopping by. Always enjoy your comments. Happy new year and many words to you. 🙂
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This is great! I think breaking things down into realistic, achievable goals is vital to success. I wish you a very happy new year, my friend.
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Hey, Matthew. Yes, once I learned to do that, I find I make more progress. Thanks for stopping by and keep on posting those amazing pics on FB. Love’em. Happy New Year to you, too.
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Great goals. I always set a few. The lose weight one is definitely on my list every year.
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Hey, Regina. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be healthier, but I sure wish during those times when I weighed a whole bunch less, I’d appreciated it more. Ah, well. Happy New Year to you, and may we both be successful at the weight loss and writing words. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
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You have the right idea–to be specific on how you’re going to achieve the goal. Steps from A-Z. And your mindset and attitude are so important. You definitely have both of those to accomplish your goals. I’m trying to cut down on sugar. After the holidays, my body got used to all the candy, cookies, etc and now it’s hard to cut back. I crave that chocolate in the afternoons and that cake when watching TV in the evenings. Trying to sub with fruit, but my body says–huh-uh. SUGAR!!! I’m going to figure out the big goals then write a weekly to-do list for my writing and marketing projects to work toward competing them. Our writers group did that and our “leader” held us accountable to report back on what we accomplished. I found it helpful to at least be aware of what to tackle for the week, not that I actually crossed everything off the list.
Best wishes on working through to achieve your goals this year!
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Hey, JQ. I think the accountability thing is important. I have my book, where I make myself write the scales down every day, and then I have my blog family. Once it’s out there, well, you look stupid if you don’t do some follow through. LOL I so get you about the sugar. For me, right now it’s the chips & queso. The left overs from celebrations really do me in. Every day is a new day and a chance to begin again. I need to write down some more specific steps for my writing. Thanks for commenting on that. To say get the book written just won’t get the book written. But yesterday I got 3000 words and that is very encouraging. I always forget between books how very hard that initial time of getting the story down is. Physically and emotionally exhausting. I seem to be becoming a bit more of a pantser than I was originally. That’s both good and bad. My need for control freaks at that, but my creative side says, Yay! Let’s hang together on these goals, JQ. We’ll get there. Thanks so much for your support and for stopping by. 🙂
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