The Resolute Woman

Category: goals

  • Today is a new day

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    I visited the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth recently and read this quote from the artist Robert Henri: “Today must not be a souvenir of yesterday.” Of course, it can seem trite, but it is true, and Henri expresses the idea in a thoughtful words. Yesterday is over. Today is a…

  • Following your own advice

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    Often, I realize, I know exactly what would be the best choice to make about what to eat or what to do with my time, but I don’t make the best choice. Sometimes, I even give my children advice and then think later that it might be good for me to follow the advice I’m…

  • Creating a good habit

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    We all have a bad habit or two, but we also have plenty of good habits. We brush our teeth every morning, remember to feed the dog and show up at work on time. If you want to join our plan to make one change before Thanksgiving, which we discussed in our last blog post,…

  • Is it time to check on your resolutions?

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    We checked out calendars, and it’s six weeks until Thanksgiving. Amazing! It doesn’t seem that long since we were celebrating the New Year and thinking about making resolutions. If you’re like us and your goal to keep those resolutions has gotten lost in your efforts to keep up with work and family and assorted miscellaneous…

  • Deciding or doing

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    If you see 10 birds on a wire and five decide to fly, how many are left? The answer to this riddle is 10. “Deciding and doing are not the same,” concludes Dr. Mehmet Oz in an article “Goal Power” in Time magazine, September 17, 2012. The riddle reminds us of one of our favorite…

  • Getting back on the horse

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    I remember the first time I was thrown off a horse. I started to run away—to run as far away from that horse as I could run. But my dad wouldn’t let me run away. He caught me before I could fly away. He put his arms around me, and we stood by the horse…

  • We’re both below average

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    We read Newsweek and discovered that we need to spend more time texting. According to Tony Dokoupil’s article in the July 16, 2012, issue of the magazine, the average person sends or receives about 400 texts a month. For the average teenager, the number is 3,700. Neither of us sends anywhere near that many text…

  • Wisdom from Cheryl Strayed

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    Her hiking boots were too small. “My feet were dotted with an ever-increasing number of blisters,” reported Cheryl Strayed. “I sat in the dirt examining them, knowing there was little I could do to prevent the blisters from going from bad to worse.” Her backpack was much too heavy. “My hips and shoulders were covered…

  • Wisdom from Sally Ride

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    Sally Ride, who died on July 23, 2012, was this country’s first woman in space. She also started a foundation to promote science education and to encourage young women to study science. “All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary,” she once said. I read this quote in the August 6, 2012, issue of People…

  • Ready to make a change?

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    If you want to change jobs or change a habit, first take time for precontemplation and contemplation. That’s the lesson I learned recently during a presentation about James Prochaska and Carlo DiClemente’s Trans-theoretical Theory of Behavior Change. Prochaska and DiClemente outline five steps to making changes. Precontemplation—which involves becoming aware that you need to make…