What are yours?
Do you make them?
Please share your thoughts.
I don't.
I have an on going list of things, and I do them, usually when i can, or when the motivation is right. The list gets revised as-needed, which is reasonably often. There are shortterm and medium term and long term things on that list.
The thing with resolutions is... if I didn't have the motivation to do something on Dec 15th, I'm not likely to have it on Jan 1st. And there's no Big Bang when you turn the calendar page to Jan. 1st.
For me, I tend to think about things for a while, and one day I get a moment of clarity of sorts, and jump in both feet.
Starting things when I'm half hearted about them or feel like I should, or someone is pushing me to. I know myself well enough to know that I'm not gonna stick with them, and it's a waste of time and energy, not to mention an additional blow to self esteem that quitting can do. Have enough false starts, and one day you can find yourself believing you can't do the race.
In my case, this is true in swimming and life in general.
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Hey, Laura - ok, you're right. You may have noticed that last year's resolutions were things I really wanted to do anyway - it was incredible reconnecting with folks (two I hadn't seen or spoken to in over 10 years!). "Resolving" to do it merely provided the impetus to go out and do it (the road to hell being paved with good intentions and all that). The reality of reading the Bible through is daunting - there are very few passages less stimulating than Leviticus..........
Moreover, if any of you had seen the last 25 fly in my 400 IM, you might have suggested that I didn't accomplish that one either ("butterstruggle" may be my new favorite word:p ).
Finishing the book will stay on my list of resolutions until I finish it ....
Kathy
p.s. I have been using Mo Chambers' workouts for about 18 months..... how does one go about thanking her for posting them all the time for self-coached swimmers like me?
Hey, Laura - ok, you're right. You may have noticed that last year's resolutions were things I really wanted to do anyway - it was incredible reconnecting with folks (two I hadn't seen or spoken to in over 10 years!). "Resolving" to do it merely provided the impetus to go out and do it (the road to hell being paved with good intentions and all that). The reality of reading the Bible through is daunting - there are very few passages less stimulating than Leviticus..........
Moreover, if any of you had seen the last 25 fly in my 400 IM, you might have suggested that I didn't accomplish that one either ("butterstruggle" may be my new favorite word:p ).
Finishing the book will stay on my list of resolutions until I finish it ....
Kathy
p.s. I have been using Mo Chambers' workouts for about 18 months..... how does one go about thanking her for posting them all the time for self-coached swimmers like me?
