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New Year's Resolution.

Well, here's a few things that I already do. No resolutions needed here--except to try harder to live up to them. And then, the resolutions:

Punctuality. My score is close to perfect.

Truth: My word is my bond. My score is close to perfect.

Justice: personally I try to be just. My score, however, could be improved.

Getting things done quickly. The sooner I get things done, the sooner I can get to something else. I believe in this, but my score is close to Failure.

Routine: Someone pointed out to me that having a routine helps to get things done, while hardly noticing that I am doing them. My score? Failure.

Do the hard things first. This came from a woman with three names who was editor of a woman's magazine for several years, decades ago. She was incredibly efficient, and handled many jobs simultaneously. Her husband's name was Brown and he, too, was a man with his own successes. I would add remembering names to my list, but one one of my resolutions is to not worry about my memory. O, it comes to me. Like magic: her name was Helen Gurly Brown.

MORE: More exercise. More water. More Sleep. These three imperatives could be from Ben Franklin. Every one has had them on their resolution list at one time or another, or every time. I won't give myself a grade, a another resolution is not to criticise myself.

LESS: Less food. Gloria Vanderbilt reminds us that even a leaf of lettuce has calories.

Do not worry about Memory: It's there or it isn't.

Criticism. Most criticism, though it may seem objective is actually self-criticism. I must boost myself -- and others too. I give myself an A+ for boosting others; but a D for boosting myself. Instead of boosting myself I boot myself.







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