{"id":1890,"date":"2008-01-06T14:52:41","date_gmt":"2008-01-06T21:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2008-01-06T14:54:35","modified_gmt":"2008-01-06T21:42:35","slug":"new-years-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1890","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve rarely made New Year&#8217;s resolutions (for either the Jewish year or secular year).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3rdydays.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/06\/resolutions\/\">One Christian bloke blogs<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I heard on the radio the other day that going on a diet was the #1 New Year&rsquo;s Resolution and going to the gym was #3.&nbsp; So I Googled it to be sure and saw this on <a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/educational\/Top_Ten_New_Years_Resolutions_For_Men\" target=\"_blank\">Digg for Men<\/a>, and it&rsquo;s found on mannpill.com.&nbsp; Here&rsquo;s the list, and what&rsquo;s interesting is that many of the items on my list are my goals for the year:<\/p>\n<p>10.&nbsp; Get Organized (clutter month)<br \/>\n9.&nbsp; Help Others (Random Acts of Kindness month)<br \/>\n8.&nbsp; Learn Something New (Hobby Month)<br \/>\n7.&nbsp; Get Out of Debt<br \/>\n6.&nbsp;&nbsp;Quit Drinking<br \/>\n5.&nbsp; Enjoy Life More (All Months Combined, Act Like a Kid Month)<br \/>\n4.&nbsp; Quit Smoking<br \/>\n3. Tame the Bulge (This month and next)<br \/>\n2. Stop Watching So Much Porn<br \/>\n1. Spend More Time With Friends\/Family (Wife month, Kid Month)<\/p>\n<p>So anyway, I&rsquo;m glad to see that others are also trying what I&rsquo;m trying.&nbsp; I know some people aren&rsquo;t into Resolutions because they feel it&rsquo;s something most people do, but never finish.&nbsp; I heard two interesting ideas on this the other day by Dennis Prager:<\/p>\n<p>1) Why do people assume doing something new is only worthwhile if a perfect end is the result?&nbsp; So what if I don&rsquo;t complete a whole month of the gym, or go a whole month of being a vegetarian.&nbsp; If I only lost&nbsp;5 pounds instead of 15, that&rsquo;s better than gaining 5 pounds.&nbsp; What if I don&rsquo;t act kindly EVERY day, and only 10.&nbsp; Aren&rsquo;t those 10 days better than none?<\/p>\n<p>2) In the end, creating a resolution points out in my life what is right.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve rarely made New Year&#8217;s resolutions (for either the Jewish year or secular year). One Christian bloke blogs: I heard on the radio the other day that going on a diet was the #1 New Year&rsquo;s Resolution and going to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=1890\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dennis-prager"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}