The Resolute Woman

Category: goals

  • Just do something

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    If you’ve made reasonable, specific, measurable resolutions, all you have to do is get started. Do something! If you’re like me, you spend a lot of time thinking about what you’re going to do. Procrastinating. Worrying about how you’re going to accomplish your goal. Often, I have to push myself to get started. However, once…

  • Be reasonable

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    I felt great last summer when I was walking three miles every day. However, during the holidays, I got so busy that I stopped walking. And, then, I broke my toe, and now I’m wearing a surgical shoe. “Can I still walk my dog in the morning?” I asked the podiatrist. “Yes,” he answered. “Just…

  • Don’t expect perfection

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    I made a resolution to lose five pounds, but then I went out to dinner and ate too much bread and butter and a wonderful piece of chocolate cake with lots of calories. You don’t have to be perfect, says Jessica Setnick in the December 30, 2014, issue of The Dallas Morning News. If you…

  • It’s time for resolutions

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    As you may remember, Fayteen and I think it’s best to wait until after the hurry of the holidays to make resolutions for the new year. However, now that it’s almost February, we’re going to be Resolute Women and make some goals for 2015.In the next few blog posts, we’re going to share some tips…

  • Time to clean up my act

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    I often find inspiration in unexpected places. While I waiting a long time in the podiatrist’s office to check about my swollen toe, I opened up WebMD magazine to an article titled “Ready to Order—Have a clutter problem? Get to the root of it and learn how to clean up your act for good.” The…

  • I always can begin again

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    After Thanksgiving, I lamented to Fayteen that I had planned to eat with moderation, but somehow I had indulged and indulged and indulged—and not just on Thanksgiving day, but also on several days after Thanksgiving. “I always tell myself that I’m never going to do that again,” I said. Fayteen smiled. “You won’t,” she said,…

  • A quiet day! An Old Year’s Resolution

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    I love the holiday season. I love going to see the Dallas Theater Center’s production of “A Christmas Carol” every year. I love parties with my friends and attending the Christmas Eve service at my church with my family. However, sometimes, often, the holiday season can be too overwhelming, too frantic, too busy. I am…

  • The imperfect? An Old Year’s Resolution

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    Last year, as I put up the Christmas wreath and decorated the Christmas tree, I vowed to clean house, get rid of the clutter and be ready to celebrate the next Christmas in a pristine house. I didn’t do it. I still have too much stuff in my house. However, I am not going to…

  • The status quo? An Old Year’s resolution

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    Yikes! It’s December. I was standing in the middle of a department store surrounded by Christmas decorations and Christmas cards and Christmas presents when I remembered that I have not achieved all of my New Year’s resolutions. What am I going to do? I am going to make three Old Year’s resolutions for December. Not…

  • Making an October resolution

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    For a decade now, I’ve been counting Weight Watcher points—which means a limited number of French Fries and chocolate candy. And, for a year or so, I’ve been counting carbohydrates because I’m pre-diabetic—which means no orange juice for breakfast. Now, I’m giving up diet soft drinks and artificial sweetener in my tea—because the latest research…