The Resolute Woman

Category: goals

  • Be your best

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    Try to be your best—not the best, says Kay Wills Wyma, author of I’m Happy for You (Sort of…Not Really): Finding Contentment in a Culture of Comparison. And always remember that most people are so consumed with themselves that they aren’t looking at you. I heard Wyma discuss her book in an interview on “Think”…

  • My new mini-habit

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    I have books in my office, books in my closet, books stacked in tall piles in my bedroom. I have been saying for years that I was going to organize my library. Now I’m doing it. I’m inspired by my daughter Mary Elizabeth and a book that she is reading—Mini-Habits—Smaller Habits, Bigger Results by Stephen…

  • Dreaming is planning

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    I like this quote from Gloria Steinem. “Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.” –Joy

  • Keep your little dreams

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    For her high school yearbook, the author Judy Blume chose this quotation to appear next to her photo, according to an article in The New York Times Magazine on May 24, 2015. “Keep a place in your heart for little dreams to go.”

  • Live for your dreams

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    I head this quote on “The Takeaway” on National Public Radio on May 25, 2015, when the show featured a panel of African writers. One of the writers said: “People should live for their dreams—not for their nightmares.” Joy

  • Just do it

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    Since my fall when I shattered my femur, I get tired at night. I feel pretty good and have a good attitude during the day, but, at night, I sometimes get tired and discouraged. That’s when I tell my husband, Jerry: “I do not want to get up tomorrow and do all those exercises prescribed…

  • Do the best you can

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    I like the food and the quotes on the wall at a Lyfe Kitchen in Dallas. My favorite quote is from Maya Angelou: “Do the best you can until you know better; then, when you know better, do better.” And, of course, there are quotes about food. “Food is an important part of a balanced…

  • What keeps people sharp

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    We’re all going to live longer. That’s the conclusion of the February 23, 2015, issue of Time magazine. It features an adorable baby and the headline “This baby could live to be 142 years old” on the cover. Inside, I found this advice from Laura Carstensen, director of the Stanford Center on Longevity. “I keep…

  • A nice problem

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    I wish I could lose five pounds. I wish my closet was clean. I wish I had more willpower. “Modern life is a wonderful thing, rife with freedom and opportunity, but it comes with the problem of self-control,” says Daniel Akst, the author of We Have Met the Enemy: Self-control in an Age of Excess.…

  • One project at a time

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    Fayteen and I are resolving, once again, to get rid of some of the clutter in our homes. It’s very appropriate that I found some inspiration and helpful hints in an article from the November 22, 2011, issue of The New York Times. I uncovered the article in a pile of important and not-so-important papers…