Is it a tradition yet? It is for me. In fact, this will mark the fifth year of the one-word resolution challenge.
It took me a while to find this word. I knew what I wanted to do in 2012 — to make a profound change just to prove that one can make a profound change at midlife. I suppose I proved that four years ago, when I decided to lose weight a year in advance of my 50th birthday. I lost 17 pounds, which I’ve more or less kept off. Lately, less, but the holidays will do that. But my clothes fit and I am, according to people who would know, stronger than ever, thanks to personal training with Todd Bauer, TRX, Pure Barre and Salvation Studio. Plus, while I may have lost seventeen pounds, I gained twenty, which I tote everywhere.
This has no relevance to the text. I just like robots.
The problem is — it has to be one word and “Change” is kind of a duh resolution. I also feel strongly that the one-word resolution has to be a verb in imperative form. (To date, mine have been: Stretch, Maintain, Venture, Be. Are all these imperative? I’d argue that they could be.) Anyway, what I want to do is hard to capture in one word. I yearn to honor my good intentions — to follow-up, follow-through. To be conscientious, to remember the little niceties. Thank-you notes, condolence cards, atta-boys. I want to be the kind of person who sends flowers and bakes casseroles and is never late with a birthday card.
I am so not that person. Which is a shame, because I was brought up by one of those people and I have a sister who is one of those people. How did I become so careless? I think, in part, it’s because my family saw my carelessness/ineptness/messiness as one of my signature characteristics. It was a given in the Lippman family that the first place to look for a missing object was under my bed. I lost things. I broke things. I was clumsy. I was sloppy.
I still lose things and, boy, it grieves me. I still break things because I’m still clumsy. I don’t think I’m particularly sloppy anymore. I’m not super-neat, but I like to keep my house tidy, although that may involve hiding some messes inside a desk or a closet when paperwork overwhelms me. I’m not going to be a meticulous person and I’m okay with that. But I could be a more thoughtful one.
They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but I don’t buy that. It’s paved with rationalizations and justifications, people’s attempts to believe that something bad might be good, just this once. The way I see it, good intentions are ephemeral. It’s nice to have them, it’s better to act on them. How to capture that in one word?
I settled on: EXECUTE.
Not a bad resolution for a crime novelist.
What’s yours?
Join.
Organize
Your answer lifts the intelligence of the daebte.
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Yep I’m up for Season 2 although Kat say’s I can’t start a new team until I’ve ntpiaed the existing one = (Although I’m still hopeful I can convince her to come in with either a Goblin or Snottling team purely for amusement value.As for changes I’ll put a vote towards the Free Fan Factor option rules from Pg 34 of the LTB5.What are you thinking about the length of the next season? I know some folks went crazy with games at the start of the last one but I still think 6 months gives everybody a chance to get involved even if they can only play infrequently.[]Craig Reply:November 23rd, 2009 at 5:34 pmI dunno about 6 months it’s been pretty clear for a while of season one who the top four were going to be. 6 months by get to be a bit of a drag.[]gav Reply:November 23rd, 2009 at 9:25 pmI’m not so certain people will throw in with quite the same intensity we had at the start of Season 1 though where sometimes people fit in one or two games a week.Plus a longer season actually gives the people who don’t have the opportunity to play that often to get in some more games and get in the standings.[]
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Patience
Balance
Finish.
Clear.
Bounce
There’s a sceert about your post. ICTYBTIHTKY
All of these arctiles have saved me a lot of headaches.
I am searching for an old photo which you may have uhilbsped. It was provided by Maringi Osbourne and information and names provided by Ngai Tahu archives . the photo is of girls at te waipounamu college in 1911. there is a reference number ISSN 1175-2483 Of interest to me are the photos of 4 Taiaroa girls and the Walscott sisters can you help me . thank you
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Accept.
Love.
Share
Why does this have to be the ONLY reliable sruoce? Oh well, gj!
Yeah that’s what I’m tanklig about baby–nice work!
temperance
Agent
Accept.
Gentle. To make it imperative I’d add BE Gentle, but taht would be two words, so.
Reclaim.
Effloresce!
Breathe
Patience
Create.
Finish
Rationalizations and justifications. True that.
I think mine has to be Give. There will be a lot of ways to do it. I have a few in mind, and I suspect more will appear if I look. This writing life can produce tunnel vision, or at least so I allow that to be *my* rationalization/justification.
Thanks for the prompt.
Launch.
Achieve.
Seek
Release.
Forbearance.
Times are changing for the better if I can get this onlnie!
I’m criuous if you ever have problems with what people post? Honestly the internet used to be like a different place, except that recently it seems to have become better. Do you agree?
acceptance. surrender.
aaldnroe1 on November 7, 2011 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS GIVE AWAY, I REALLY WANT TO WIN THE BRUSH SET!!!my favorite food is MEXICAN, AND CHINNESE FOOD!!!!!!!IS SOO GOOD!!!!!!!!!
You have spoke about saerevl curious things here. I came across this article by using Bing and I have to admit that I already subscribed for your site, it is very fine (;
Se la grafica si maretnr quella di questi screenshot una volta uscito il gioco, diventer uno dei migliori RPg per Wii (ok, non contando il fatto che gli rpg per wii stanno sulle dita di una mano, comunque sar spettacolare).Speriamo solo che queste immagini non siano la classica esca buttata l tanto per attirare l’attenzione, quando in verit il gioco tutt’altro.Se anche sono un’esca, per , devo dire che snano fare il loro lavoro.
Beth Grant Posted on Hey, I think this is really cool. I love the posts you make on ifeferdnt things you blame Lupus for. It is a funny side of blaming stray things on Lupus. Thanks for sharing.
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The third time is a charm! I have attempted to go to try your taarsurent for dinner on 3 separate occasions. The first was a Monday night and a few months later a Tuesday night only to be disappointed to find I had again chosen a night that you were closed. Being Friday night I finally succeeded and am still in a state of bliss hours after eating at Berry Fresh Cafe. I can never recall trying not to moan or Ahhh after every bite of food ever in my life! Every taste, beginning with the Fire Cracker Crispy Shrimp shared as an appetizer to the Mediterranean Chicken and Pasta and finally to the warm apple cobbler with homemade mango and coconut ice cream,was as if I had discovered Shangra La and Eutopia wrapped in one. I am still trying not to melt from all of those phenomenal flavors.I am already studying the take out menu planning my next gourmet meal perhaps breakfast next time at my now all time favorite taarsurent.Thank you! Until we meet again,Carol A. Ryan
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Do.
Exert.
Enjoy.
Heal.
Relish
That’s a posting full of isinght!
Create
Feel.
Actually, I like yours: execute. Fits where I’m at, too. It reminds me of the old Nike slogan, “Just do it.”
This is the second time in just five inumtes that I’ve seen this particular viewer being used for flickr favorites. How do I find such utility? Lovely favourites by the by.Chris T.’s last blog post..
Questo un RPG, Alone in the dark un gioco d’azione.Il paragone non molto tsriciuo.Qui inoltre la grafica gi ottima, direi che gi in partenza questo gioco promette bene. Comunque meglio non fidarsi di niente, che meglio.. : )
CHEW. Savor/enjoy what is good. Swallow/spit out what ain’t.
Faith.
I don’t seem to be able to come up with verbs; my mind leaps to nouns that I aspire to have. Last year’s was energy. It turned out that part of the problem was a health issue that I ended up having heart surgery for-not exactly what I had in mind. But if I hadn’t been pursuing energy (and exercise) so doggedly, I might not have acted on the health issue.
This year: strength.
strengthen. (great tradition, btw!)
CLAIM
sempre pi interessante, aemrispo che continuino a lavorarci sopra ancora un bel po’. oltretutto la grafica sembra anche migliorata rispetto le vecchie immagini.Anche the conduit ci stanno lavorando molto sodo sopra, e si vede anche dal fatto che la grafica in generale migliora sempre pi .se tanto mi da tanto, dovrebbe essere un capolavoro all’uscita.Anche perch scordatevi di avere un nuovo zelda da qui ad altri 2 anni.
Persevere
Stretch
Created the gertaest articles, you have.
Thanks for helping me to see things in a dfiferent light.
Ali Harkness – I’m so happy to see that first picture again. I love it! I can’t wait to live cosler hopefully sometime we’ll get to meet our friend Owen!February 8, 2010 7:59 PM
I went to your restaurant for the first time oigtnht. Had the blackened scallop salad. Amazing! Thank you to your staff and especially your chef.God bless you.-Your new thrilled customer
“Now” as in “be in the____” and “do it_____”
Move.
Challenge
Odd, I ptosed earlier tonight.We have a tie for 1st and a tie for 3rd so far.Anthony and Bond have 5 of 7, Sparky and I have 4 of 7 through Thursday night (1st)
When I translate to Japanese, Did you forget the ending . ? is appeared,but in Japanese, end punctuation is ? .Can you fix or add disable option for Japanese?
Thanks Alexandra. I can see myself getting a lot of use out of this sweater! Bonus points that it’s handmade by Nanny and passed down in the family. xo
Hazel thanks for your note. (LOVE The Sartorialist!!). All black is often the default colour because it’s the easier to unify (imagine an ensemble full of slightly different shades of red), it’s easy on the eyes, and the audience tends to focus more on the music than if the ensemble were wearing different colours. The problem with saying go for it, wear any colour is what one person considers stylish another will consider completely inappropriate. There there’s the issue of colour clashing. And in classical music, there are known stereotypes about what kind of dress is associated with certain types of music. Opera performers (and audiences) tend to go all out with style and flamboyance; Baroque performers (and audiences) tend not to consider fashion a big deal and are very low-key with their apparel. Ultimately, no, I don’t think ensembles should be able to wear any colour; then it looks like a rehearsal.
Once I received a call offering me a decent sum to turn for a pianist for a chamber music concert. I was pleased to finally get paid for something I’d been doing pro bono for years. I got there early and met with the pianist. He seemed high-strung but some people are before a concert. I clarified repeat issues with him and he assured me he was a clear nodder.The concert began and I soon saw why he was so high-strung; his mediocre technique and limited musicality made him a bad choice to play the well-known Beethoven and Brahms trios he was tackling (almost literally, football player style). We got towards the end of the first page and he did not nod. I figured, Maybe he likes memorize the beginning of the next page and have late turns. Nope as we reached the last two beats he abruptly turned his heard toward me and, in a low, gruff voice barked, Turn! This disagreeable ritual was repeated for most of the performance. I thought it might have been less disruptive for him and the audience to nod as he said. No such luck. I made it through and didn’t mess it up, but he really unnerved me and I dare say I was very deserving of my pay that evening.
Starting June 4th and every Saturday Tower Group 8pm meeting will be a step study/step doing.For those interested in going through the steps while we study the steps I’ll be more than glad to assist you.Bring a 1 or 3 subject spiral notebook,pen,highlighter and your Big Book.This is going to be fun as well as a new experience.Yes We have entered the world of the Spirit.Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness.
REST
REALIZE: both in the sense of being aware & in the sense of making something happen
Appaertnly this is what the esteemed Willis was talkin’ ’bout.
A few years ago I’d have to pay smoneoe for this information.
EARN
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PRAY
All good words suggested, but without God our words/actions aren’t nearly enough.
ACCOUNTABLE-as in be there for
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when i was a kid i had problems with english as you can see. but i always wonder why my teacher made problems for me. Why was a simple ‘answer’ so complicated to spell. I can not remember my 8th year thoughts now, but I know the kid that was 8th and why he was asking questions all the time. I bet everybody who is reading this and more knows how to spell ‘answer’ but did you know or remember the question? How many sentences above to you have to find the question that I asked? 1 ….2……3? O you are fooled? The problem is simple. we tend to listen with other senses and I found out at a early age that I had more than 6 senses. My 7th sense was patience. Wait and the answer is simple to spell.
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This “free shriang” of information seems too good to be true. Like communism.
That’s more than snesbile! That’s a great post!
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Togetherness
My partner and I live apart at the moment, and I really would like him to move here with me……. Love’s got a hold on my heart……
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