Those promises

Its mid January and I'm still trying to figure out my New Years resolutions. It maybe February before they are complete.

Last year I resolved to remember & use the names of wait staff at restuarants and thank them & I kept that one. I resolved to read 6 - 12 books in 2006 and I read at least 11 books. I did make it a goal to run in a half marathon and didn't do that one because of a sprained ankle that was resprained a few times. I resolved not to eat too much chocolate and I broke that one. I did resolve to eat more chicken...I think I kept that one.

Most people I know & talk with don't make resolutions. Everyone seems to point out they are great motivators for a little while but eventually you will break them. I know that despite completeing some of my resolutions there were many days I was not on track. I was not moving towards completeing the goals set before me.

Growing up I use to think resolutions were for people who had problems, outcasts, or people with too much time on their hands. I use to think they were for people who choose not to live life or people who were afraid of things. The older I have gotten I realize at various points in my life I have resembled all those stereo types and they didn't explain why news years resolutions or goals were made or broke each time New Years day rolled around.

I make resolutions because I want to keep in mind I am a work in progress. I am not perfect and not nearly complete. I am not the person I want to be and maybe I will never achieve him this side of the gravity line. But I still make resolutions or goals on New Years. Resolutions help me remember and inspire me on some level to keep striving, keep pursuing my passions, keep living. Eventually, some day, at some point in time...I will make it.