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_"THE NOTORIOUS YEARLY CHECKLIST"
Are you for or against making New Year's resolutions?

Name: D'Arcy     Age: 4-     From: Colorado     Submitted: 1/21/08
I'm all for New Year's resolutions. I generally attempt to focus my resolution on those tiny behaviors that can influence great change in my life. A few years ago I committed to reading at least one book a week for a total of 52 books for the year. I rounded out the year having read 78 books. I was richer; I was more interesting; I fell in love with the library again. That same year I also committed to setting and keeping all doctor appointments. I'm enjoying much better health because the doctor found some things that needed to be addressed. Sometimes it's great to dream the impossible dream...other times, it's more appropriate to dream the "do-able" dream and watch what happens.


Name: Alan     Age: 43     From: Texas     Submitted: 1/20/08
Proverbs 18a says "Where there is no vision, the people perish". I always feel it is important to have vision, dreams, goals to keep you moving forward. So are goals important to us, in our day to day spiritual lives? Yes, I think so, lest we perish. Without a goal, you will not accomplish much. From little things, like picking up the trash the dog tore up in your yard, to reading the Word daily, to ........ (you pick one), without having a goal to do so, you are less likely to do it. So I do believe goals are good. Now to the question of New Years resolutions or goals. If you are good at setting a priority and following thru, it is OK for you to set a few goals at the beginning of the year. But if you have trouble in this area, then a year long goal might not be your best bet at this time. Work on smaller goal settings, until you are good at completing them, and then move to larger ones like year long goals.
I was walking in a park on New Years day, and as I was on a trail, I met a family coming up a hill to the trail I was on, with the Mom of the family saying, "and we are going to do this everyday this year! I chuckled within myself "New Years Resolution". Only that family knows if they are fulfilling the goal they set, but I have my doubts. Goals are good, and I encourage all to make them. Just don't make them if you know you aren't going to give it your all to accomplish. "Where there is no vision, the people perish". So to answer the question, I am not against New Year's resolutions, but I am against making them if a person isn't going to give their all toward the goal.


Name: Amy     Age: 33     From: Texas     Submitted: 1/12/08
I think New Year's resolutions are a waste of time because within a few weeks - if that long - they are forgotten! I am all for new beginnings everyday and striving to show God's love to as many people as I can for that day in whatever way I can. I know that when my love walk is right all the other areas of my life fall into place and I am doing the things that I would of been making resolutions about anyway!


Name: Scott     Age: 36     From: Colorado     Submitted: 1/12/08
I usually make half a dozen resolutions and keep one of them. It's easy to set the bar too high at the start of the year, then look back with regret. Six resolutions is a good amount for me; any fewer, and I likely wouldn't fulfill the one. So, I look forward to a 16.6% success rate each year.

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