Last year I made a list of resolutions. Last year I broke all those resolutions. I am thinking that maybe resolutions aren’t really for me… I don’t have anything against improvement. I don’t have anything against goals. I am anti-list. I am just not a list person. Is she really going to blame her lack of resolution-keeping on not liking lists? I have tried to make lists. I have made fabulous lists. I have followed lists… for a moment, for a day, for a week. And then the list is forgotten. All the super important information detailed on the very crucial list is gone. And the list becomes a pile. A pile of lists. And then I walk by and see the pile. And then I freak out about the pile. And then I go through the pile. And see all the very important lists. And then I freak out about the list. Since I am working toward a lower stress level in 2009My resolution is to stop making lists. Please note that this resolution is not in list-form.



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  1. That looked a lot like a list. Just add a number and, whammo, a list. A list of one . . .

    I have never been a list person either. Maybe one, at the beginning of the day of the really important things that MUST be done before I hit the rack, but that’s it.

    Nice list. I mean, resolution. I mean . . . whatever . . .

  2. I love the dropping the ball metaphor. Mostly because if it’s not on a list, I drop the ball.

    And, I really could care less about a big glass ball somewhere. Hmph. Bah Humbug much?

  3. I have to do lists. I am lost without lists. I am a bit neurotic.

    Enjoy the freedom from THE LIST 🙂

  4. You and me both Sister! I am so not a list person, and then I feel bad that I am not a list person. Everyone around me is a list person. Shouldn’t I be a list person to?

    Its so bad that I let my BF keep up with my schedule, because I forget where I left it. She will get a call like this, “Am I supposed to be doing something today? I feel like I am supposed to do something and can’t remember what it is.”

  5. My resolution is to be completely honest with my friends….So here goes…
    This is the dumbest resolution I have ever heard of. Whew. I said it. I expect a list of your resolutions by the end of the day.

  6. I think that is the most perfect resolution. My resolution this year was not to make any resolutions. I also fail at keeping them.

  7. i like lists. cuz then i can cross stuff off. and when i do something that’s not on the list, i put it ON the list.

    just so i can cross it off.

  8. i confess…..
    i make lists.
    i live by lists.
    i forget to breathe if it’s not on a list.
    i type up lists and then text them to myself.
    1 need help…..

  9. My resolution was similar…just vague enough that I can’t get pinned on it when I eventually have a resolution FAIL.

    Happy New Year and good luck on that stress level!