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This is just a thought that occurred to me today while at work, but; New Year's Resolutions suck. They really do. This is, of course, unless your willpower is of Iron and/or you are a (wo)man.
So, I was thinking, what if you were to exchange a resolution with someone else?
Then what if you were asked to keep track of it over the year, and give occasional reportage of your activities and progress?
And what if you were, by accepting a Resolution idea from someone else, allowed to chip in your own to the Pot, to be handed on to someone else?
So here's my proposal.
I) If you want to be in, say so here, in the manner of the CD threads.
II) Once you have decided you want to be in, devote some thought to a resolution you would be happy passing on to someone else. Hence:
Caveats - a) The resolution must, therefore, be something not only safe, legal and (relatively) sensible, and, above all else, something you would be willing to do yourself; b) it must not involve massive financial expense, and c) It would be preferable if it were creative, interesting, and fun, while possibly, although not necessarily, allowing for Heartwarming Life Lessons.
III) Once you have thought of the resolution, submit it to the Pot. I'm quite happy to maintain a Pot that looks remarkably like a word document.
Once everyone - if anyone gets involved, that is, and I'm not just having some sort of CRAFT moment, but we will not speak of this now and will remain optimistic - has declared their involvement and submitted a resolution, I can hand out redirected resolutions randomly, either in-thread or by PM.
For this reason, it will obviously help if an even number of people sign up, but an odd number can obviously be accommadated.
IV) Once you have your resolution, find a way of keeping track of it and your progress, and over the year to come report back as and when you feel like it, without necessarily revealing what the resolution was.
There may also be quarterly checks. It's not a strict thing, obviously, and people can drop out as and when dependent on Real Life (tm) commitments, but there's (just under) a year till 2009 now, so speculatively plenty of time.
V) At the end of the year, there will be discussion and, hopefully, much rejoicing.
Obviously, none of this is legal, and is intended as both fun and a catalyst for anyone who wants something different in their lives for the next three-hundred and sixty-three days... But, that said, anyone up for it? |
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