convenience-store resolutions

[asakiyume]

(Which, one hopes, aren't resolutions of convenience...)

I went into a convenience store on January 1 to buy a bottle of red wine, and the guys at the counter and I had a round of happy-new-year wishes, and I said something like, "May it be a good one," and then one of the guys said,

"Yeah, my resolution this year is not to settle." Good resolution, I thought (though--because I'm constitutionally unable to keep from putting riders and qualifications on statements like this--I think "settling" is created in your own head. The same action can be settling, or not, depending on how you make up your mind to feel about it.)

"Mine is to do the hard things," I said. "Here's to success for both of us."

"Yeah!" he said.

----

So yeah, that's my amorphous, large-scale goal.

Slightly less amorphous than that is the goal to make significant progress on my new novel. I didn't do too well with that goal last year (didn't do much writing at all last year), but maybe this year will be better.

Even more fine-grained goal: utilize my library's free Mango Language account to learn Spanish. I've started on this! Maybe I should make the goal to do a lesson at least three times a week. What I can say so far that I didn't already know: Estoy bien.

I may also work up a running goal (meaning: a goal related to running) but I haven't got one yet.

Comments

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I'm working on a variation or that, which is more like "Don't multitask." That's basically a note to myself to not spend time doing things that I'm ok with dividing with something else. If I'm ok with dividing my attention between a and b, then perhaps I shouldn't be doing thing a or b at all.

[sovay]

So yeah, that's my amorphous, large-scale goal.

It sounds like a good one!

I have never made New Year's resolutions. Do you find them useful?

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Endorsing your goals with enthusiasm!

[mount-oregano.livejournal.com]

I am learning Latin. Valeo. (Estoy bien.)

If you have questions about Spanish, just ask.

My goal is to finish all those projects I have underway.

[yamamanama.livejournal.com]

My resolution was to fulfill a promise I make. Which, now that I think about it, is kind of a meta-resolution.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Good luck with your resolutions!

Re: the resolution to study Spanish, I think making it a resolution to use the program at least three times a week is a good one. It's easy to tell if you're fulfilling the resolution that way, whereas something like 'learn Spanish" is much more amorphous.

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

You might want to consider using duolingo.com -- I and smart_ted and kayre use it, and we think it's pretty good. Though you might also check your local library system for Pimsleur courses-- I think it's valuable to use purely aural/oral aids, since I fear sticking to text. (And have a tendency that way.)

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

Quite awesome goals! (And I can't wait to read that novel.)

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

May the New Year see you realizing all your goals and dreams in a way that fulfills you. :D

[c-maxx.livejournal.com]

Happy belated New Year, FF!