resolutions?

So, it's a new year. Full of people making New Year's Resolutions. That's just not something I can really buy into. Do they ever last? You get two weeks into the new year and already you've missed the mark and then what's the incentive to get back on track?

But yet there is still something alluring about a new year. A fresh start. Another chance. A time to look at the path of the year before and reassess your goals.

If you know me, I'm an organized person ... I like to have a list of things that I can check off and measure. So, yes, I have a few things I'd like to accomplish this year. Will I announce them in public? Does that provide more accountability? Or just shame you when you fail by February? What I'd honestly like to do is sit down with Mike and develop some goals for the family for 2009. It's been a rough 18 months around our house. And we're keepin' it together, but wouldn't it be nice to know that we're all working toward the same goals? Maybe that's been part of our problem, everyone looking for a different end point and getting in each other's way.

Or maybe this is just a fleeting thought and come February I won't even recall writing this post ....