I’m giving up New Year’s Resolutions. One can be on one’s best behavior for 10 months and then the world crashes in on you anyway. Who’s to say? I’m just going to do my best, period.
Other people, however, need to get with the program. What program? This one:
1. Stop being such an asshole.
2. Stand up for what’s right.
3. Quit your whining.
4. Pay invoices on time.
5. Follow the parking rules at your school.
6. Think twice before posting that stupid post on Facebook.
7. Vote.
8. Smile at children when they smile at you.
9. Slow down.
10. Pay attention.
11. When your kid asks you to take a break to play with him, do it.
12. Call your beloveds on their birthdays.
13. Answer thoughtful letters or messages or phone calls. It’s truly the least you can do.
14. That thing that’s hanging over your head, preventing you from doing? Let it go.
15. Take a walk at least once a week with no electronic devices.
16. Back up your computer.
17. Line up a good babysitter that you can call in a pinch.
18. Plan your dinners for the week.
19. If you read a great blog post, comment on the blog, not on Facebook.
20. Stretch.
These are obviously not for you, reader of this blog. These are, as the title dictates, for other people. Pass it on.
This is awesome. You are awesome. That is all.
So I can take care of #1 and #19 in one fell swoop? I know 2011 is ending on a tough note, but best wishes for the new year.
Commenting. Commenting.
Great list! #19 especially! Xoxo
Love them all! Happy New Year, Kim!
P.S. I totally mean #19 for OTHER blogs. That one is my gift to bloggers everywhere. Except the ones that get over 40 comments per post already.
Yes, yes, yes.
Happy New Year! So…how’s that dress working out?
Great list, Kim. In particular, I like #11; and #5 I’d like to amend to “Follow the drop-off rules at your school”.
Excellent, every one of these.
I would add, ‘Stop for people in the crosswalk’ and ‘Dont step in front of me in line at Starbucks and pretend like you didn’t see me.’
I can’t get behind you on taking a walk with no electronic devices. It’s my only time to listen to music.
Great list!
I totally get #19, but some of the other ones would be too hard, like plan dinners:)
I don’t go in for New Year’s Resolutions generally, but there are a few things on your list I definitely could work on. Does that make me “other people”?
Can we put this on a billboard?
It’s beyond me that someone could NOT smile at a child who smiles at them. I guess they didn’t read #1.