The Resolute Woman

Category: goals

  • Be resolute with your resolutions

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in ,

    It was anonymous who said: “A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other.” You don’t have to make your resolutions today or tomorrow. You don’t have to make big changes. Little changes are fine. Think carefully. Make a few resolutions. Then, be resolute and keep them.

  • Clean out your refrigerator

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in

    According to our friends at the Chocolate Angel Café and Tea Room in Richardson, Texas, November 14 is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day. We are not participating. We wish we could tell you that our refrigerators are so pristine that they don’t need cleaning. That is not the case. No, we would love to…

  • The chief executive optimist

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in , ,

    Talia Leman was 10 years old in 2005 when she heard about the damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. She decided to do something. Soon she was on the “Today” show talking about her plans to ask for contributions on Halloween night. The governor held a press conference to promote her efforts. A grocery…

  • What happens now?

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in ,

    Be flexible, advises Ann Patchett in her book What Now?. Plan for the future, but keep in mind that the future may not be arranged precisely in accordance with your plan. “The secret is finding the balance between going out to get what you want and being open to the thing that actually winds up…

  • Keep track of what you’re doing

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in

    I was complaining to my husband this morning that I get lots of things done, but I have some important goals that I am not accomplishing. He reminded me that I recently lost a couple of pounds being compulsive and writing down everything I eat. “Why don’t you keep a time log?” he asked me.…

  • Use your talents

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in ,

    “Use the talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang the very best,” said Henry Van Dyke. I found this delightful quote in an e-mail newsletter from one  of my favorite restaurants for lunch—the Chocolate Angel Café & Tea Room. It reminds me of an article…

  • One thing at a time, please

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in , ,

    Do one thing at a time and focus, advises Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, author of a new book Make Your Brain Smarter: Increase Your Brain’s Creativity, Energy and Focus. Dr. Chapman is the founder and chief director of the Center for Brain Health at the University of Texas at Dallas. Don’t multitask. Instead, practice the…

  • What do you want to fix?

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in ,

    Jessica Jackley urges women to look for problems and opportunities and believe they can do something to make the world a better place. I heard Jackley speak recently at an annual luncheon sponsored by the San Antonio Women Foundation. She is the co-founder of Kiva, the world’s first peer-to-peer microlending website. Kiva, which lets internet…

  • The message is about dreaming

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in ,

    Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court justice, says that she wrote her new book “to inspire people to realize that first, I was just like them, and second, if I could do it, so could they.” “Become a Supreme Court justice? But how realistic is that?” a Time interviewer asked Justice Sotomayor in the February 11,…

  • Inspiration at the supermarket

    —

    by

    resolutewoman
    in ,

    I am still trying to lose the five pounds that I gained during the holidays. I always find it frustrating when it’s so much harder to lose weight than it is to gain it. But, I was inspired recently to stick to a healthy diet and lose those pounds. I was in the grocery store…