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One Week Resolutions

December 27, 2010 by Margie Clayman 6 Comments

I read a post today by Amber Naslund called The Brass Tacks of Resolutions. Amber basically states that while making resolutions can be a really good exercise, the downside is that we all tend to make resolutions knowing full-well that we’ll be done with them by President’s Day. And there will be no repercussions.

I’ve been thinking about this and of course, there isn’t much you can argue with there. It happens to me every year. Sometimes I make it till February or March. But then the Cadbury eggs show up in the grocery stores. The days start to get a bit longer and a bit warmer. And away we go.

I would say it’s my resolution not to let that happen in 2011, but that would just be too deliciously…apropos.

So I came up with another idea instead.

Every Sunday night (Running a bit late this week), I’m going to post a couple of goals that I have for that week. Just that week. You can either play along with those goals or let everyone know what you’re up to. And we’ll see how we do. You can comment here, start your own string of posts on your blog, or if you want to keep track on Twitter, let’s use #1weekres.

Every Sunday night will be like New Year’s Eve. What could be better than that!?

So this week, my 2 big goals are to comment on 3 blogs I’ve never commented on before and to get together a big load of stuff that I can donate to Goodwill.

What are you up to?

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  1. sumner musolf says

    December 27, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    My two big goals: #InboxZero and helping a random someone (stranger, friend, etc.) who looks like they may need help. Or at least a helping inquiry from a stranger / friend / etc.

    Great idea, Margie. Now all you / we have to do is find a way to hold ourselves accountable throughout the week.

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    • Margie Clayman says

      December 27, 2010 at 5:51 pm

      Well, that’s why I thought it might be nice to try to create an ongoing thread on Twitter. that way we can report easily how we are proceeding 🙂

      I think your two goals are faboo!

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  2. Steve Washburn says

    December 30, 2010 at 2:15 pm

    The 1 week resolution plan has helped me . Finding it dificult to actually do a painting each day. I resolved to put paint out on the pallet before pouring morning coffee.
    I turned my attention from perfecting to production. So the paintings are more like warm up exercises. It sets things in motion though.

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  3. Margie Clayman says

    December 30, 2010 at 2:37 pm

    A painting each day?!? Wow, that sounds immensely hard to do! Glad the bite sized pieces are helping!

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  4. Steve Washburn says

    December 30, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    So my resolution is putting paint out on the pallet before pouring morning coffee. It’s helped me to focus less on perfecting and more on producing, so these warm up exercises are working great to get me moving early in the day. See you on #1weekres!

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