Swimmin Frog

Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Resolutions and 2007
It is 2007. What does the change of year actually mean? New beginnings? Another year older? Increased sales in treadmills, Stairmasters and scales? Cursing yourself for the first 10 days because you have written the wrong date on your check? Resolutions to do things that you have promised to do every year since 1993?

I know that the very thought of me resolving to do anything for a whole year is absurd and it may come to bite me in the ass later, but I am resolving to:

Create and maintain a real, grown-up blog. What can I say…? I love the pats on the back flab that I receive when I pour my heart out and I need to feed my addiction.

At the very least make an effort to do one or more of the following past resolutions… lose weight, get finances in order, call my family more, find a man, join something, and de-clutter my closet.

Make an effort to stop gossiping at work. Make an effort sounds like a cop out, but I know myself too well to say 'stop' all together. Plus I love to talk and sometimes the gossipy goodness that goes on is the only topic.

Visit one new place per week. The only qualifications being that said place need be in Minneapolis or St. Paul. I am looking forward to this one and kind of think myself brilliant for coming up with it.

Learn to play my guitar. I have never put this into print before, but have always wanted to really use it for more than mere decoration. I have dreams of campfire sing-alongs and impromptu concerts for the pond dwellers off my balcony.