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There was a time, I made New Years resolutions every year and posted them on New Years Day here on Oldereyes – Bud’s Blog. The last time I did that was 2014. Sometimes, I would grade myself on how well I kept them at the end of the year. I was not an honor student. At some point, I realized I was making basically the same resolutions every year, so I decided to convert my resolutions to a daily checklist that lives on my phone. For a while I religiously recorded my self-improvement performance daily … until after a while I didn’t. Oh, I know what’s on the checklist and try to follow my goals but nothing gets recorded. There is a part of me wants to spontaneously be a better person and there is part that doesn’t want to be bothered. My Inner Curmudgeon says, You are 78 years old. You are what you are. Still, I think resolutions are good for the soul … and unlike my mother, I don’t believe the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Without good intentions, we never improve, and the same Mom that warned against good intentions taught me that life is for growing. (more…)
If you bothered to read my Home page, you will see a quote by Marcel Proust prominently displayed: The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. It is a motto that suits me. For most of my life I have been good at appreciating the life I have and found fulfillment in looking inward for adventure rather than outward. But that doesn’t mean that I haven’t benefited from an adventure that stretched my boundaries now and then.
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