On Monday, I looked back over my 2015 goals for fitness and for food. They sort of go together, right? Both were giant fails but we need to fail to set more reachable goals. We can all learn from failure and move closer to success in the process. Today, I will go over my goals… Continue reading Looking Back – Part 2
Have you ever noticed that media doesn’t really let us decompress? Those “here is the year that was” shows often start well before Christmas but hit their peaks during the week between Christmas and New Year’s. 2015 was not a great year for me so I am not sure I really want to look back… Continue reading Looking Back
Get lighter!! This is the motto for 2012…lighter, lighter, lighter. We can all do it. And, it will apply to all different parts of our lives. See my goals for this new year. Body/Fitness/Health Lose 25 pounds. My son is getting married in August so ultimately, I would love to have this goal achieved by… Continue reading Get Lighter!
Do you make New Year’s resolutions? What is so special, other than the term new year would indicate a fresh slate, about January 1st? I realize that having a new calendar makes my life seem like I am getting a fresh start. I also realize that tradition dictates that I make resolutions. Yet, as is… Continue reading Resolutions
In a quick glance, the three words – goals, aspirations, resolutions – may all look and mean the same to you and to me. This is not the case at all. If you are sitting around trying to figure out what your resolutions for the New Year are going to be, you are probably setting… Continue reading Goals or Aspirations or Resolutions
Yes, the midpoint of the year has come and gone and I didn’t review my goals, my aspirations. To be totally honest, the only public aspiration I have is to run a race every month this year. The original goal – announced in a guest post at Motherese – was to do so for every… Continue reading Mid-Year Review
No, I have not taken up reporting my taxes on a quarterly basis. I am, though, thinking it is time to review any of those goals, or if you use the term, or resolutions that were made back in January. Without accountability, goals and resolutions and aspirations are just words – but hopefully ones that… Continue reading A Quarter Ending
Sex! What is it that makes everyone and their brother blogger want to write about it? And why, the last week of the year, the last week of the decade is writing about sex coming to the forefront? First, there are many reasons bloggers want to write about sex. In the case of Big Little… Continue reading Sex in Review?
The time of year has come to turn the page, put up a new calendar and decide how you are going to change your life in the new year, the new decade. This time of year means that I am again going to explain why I write down aspirations, not resolutions. Resolution is defined as… Continue reading Resolutions vs. Aspirations
Forgiveness is not something we often think about when we think about ourselves. We may think about forgiving a friend or a spouse or a child for something they have said or done to upset us. We do not, though, often think that we should forgive ourselves. If you are like me, I set… Continue reading Forgiveness
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