2015 Resolutions? Well, Why Not?

Here’s my impromptu, unplanned list of resolutions for 2015. Of course, I’m just building on what I imagine the future to be. I think that basing your future decisions on the past is a misunderstanding. It causes one to be prejudiced about what is to come rather than open up and embrace what is to arrive. However, I have tried to keep my resolutions such that they’re going to be habits that I will inculcate. For the big things and the little ones too, I’m going to keep an open mind.

Here’s my list of Dos and Don’ts.

Do:

• Write one poem and one short story every month
• Free my mind
• Oil my hair once a week
• Read Crime and Punishment, at least
• Spend less and manage finances better
• Exercise for 10 minutes daily
• Eat less sugar and bread
• Talk to brain and empower self
• Watch one out-of-the-world movie once in 3 months
• Complete the first draft of my book
• Make my characters do versus think
• Be nice to people I don’t like; it’s maturity, not hypocrisy
• Pick my battles and always remember, “Not my circus. Not my monkeys.”
• Write regular emails to friends
• Observe more
• Learn something that I don’t like (like I learned MS Excel in 2014)
• Learn how to cook more of mom’s dishes
• Plan. For something. Anything.
• Love more. Laugh more. Live more.
• Put self before everything else; as a means of preservation rather than selfishness
• Read more magazines and essays

Don’t:

• Publicize blog posts on Facebook
• Get angry with someone who will not care
• Write trash
• Stay holed inside the house/office unless there is a calamity or a riot; even if it means taking a walk to buy toothpaste
• Suffer fools
• Show my weak side to people
• Drink cola
• Indulge in self-criticism or negativity
• Be afraid
• Waste time
• Buy things I will never use
• Forget that what works will always work
• Take responsibility for others’ misgivings
• Be lazy

So far, this is what it is. Yesterday, my sister sent me a picture of a 2015 Book Challenge that is doing the rounds. I think I may do this as well. Until the next post, a very happy new year to you.

Be unbounded.
Collect your joy.
Say your thanks.
And kick some ass.
😉