New Years Resolutions....hmmmm

Happy New Years everybody! I must say it was one of the best New Years in recent history. I am still trying to piece together the night, but thats a whole other blog post. I spent a good part of the night asking people about their resolutions. I had a variety of responses from, "I don't have any", to "I just want to appreciate what I have." Inevitably they would say "What's yours?". Hmmmm...good question.

I had been contemplating this question and initially I would tell people that I wanted this year to be different from last year. I was somewhat joking when I told people this but I also intended this to be my resolution. My thinking being that people are running a lot of the same programs when they go about life. There are many new experiences (for most people) but we are essentially doing the same habitual things. This led to...

The 52 Week Resolution


It hit me that if I was gonna have a different year I would have to do different things. I decided to do one new thing a week. It could be something difficult like Jumping Out of a Plane (thanks Chris) to something as simple as trying Chocolate Covered Grasshoppers (can't do this cause I already did it). I got excited immediately. I don't know exactly how this is going to turn out but I will chronicle the entire experience.

Week One:


Okay this week is gonna be simple, and truthfully I did a lot of new things this week which could have counted but I did want to struggle a bit. I am an avid reader. I read a ton. My Kindle for iPad is getting up there and I have a ton more "real" books to go through. That being said, I am not a big fiction reader. I kept saying that I was gonna read some classics but they just never worked out.

The book I choose to read was "Zorba the Greek", a recommended read from a blog post of Tim Ferriss'. I just started so I'll post my progress as I go.  There are a good number of things I want to do this year and have so many ideas, but for now I am just gonna "let it be," and take one week at a time.

Speaking of Tim Ferriss, he just came out with a book called "The 4-Hour Body". I am almost through all of it and I have to say...the book rocks. A lot of stuff mentioned in it I have already been exposed to but there is definitely a plethora of stuff I had never seen before and I will refer to it on a regular basis. It is a definite must read and I will be giving it as a gift to a few close friends...Pick yours up today!

As for the picture, for those who don't know, it's a Daruma Doll.  It's from the Japanese tradition and is traditionally made without eyes. You fill in one eye when you create a goal and fill in the other after you have completed the goal. You would make one for each goal that you create. Does anyone know where I can get one...hmmmm.

Anyhow, till next time;)