Good Afternoon! Belated Holiday Greetings!

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With the holiday season coming to a quick close and the new year breathing down our necks,
it seems like a good time to think about the tradition of...

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Okay, now that that is out of our system.

I don't do "New Year's Resolutions". 
It just seems to be a practice in futility.

As a kid it was something my family would use as a challenge to one another
to see who was going to be the one to actually succeed.

As an adult it has become a way to set yourself up for failure
or to align yourself with your crowd.

This year instead of the empty promises of these annual resolutions,
I am going to make goals.

While the splitting of hairs allows for the naysayer to chime in with,
"Aren't they the same animal in a different coat?"
I offer this rebuttal,
"No."

The terms resolution and goal instill different emotive responses for the individual.
Personally, I hear...
"I am resolving to quit smoking this year."
and what I think is...
"I have 300+ days, if I can do it great. If I can't, I'll try again next year."

On the other hand, when I hear someone set a goal...
"By January 30th, I will have begun an active plan for quitting smoking."
and what I think is...
"I have 30 days to find and start a smoking cessation program."

The resolution always sounds kind of wishy washy to me, while the goal feels like a committment.

Whether you believe in resolutions, or setting goals, or letting the whole thing slide on by it is important to 
spend the time thinking of ways to set the steps for success and prepare yourself for what 
it all means to you.

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​My 2018 Goals:

• By January 26th, advertise and spread around the sales date for the anthology I am part of.
• By February 14, try my hand at vlogging.
• By March 15, have one book completely ready for submission to publishers.
• By April 1, have a second book in the works.

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Thanks for reading.
Tell me what you think about resolutions?
If you make them, share some with me?

Happy New Year, Everyone!