I’m not a big New Year’s Resolutions maker, but I thought I’d do a few for
2009.
Stop Chewing My Cheek
What the hell am I doing in that photo?
Andy Beal shot it, thought it
would make a funny caption contest but kindly decided to check with me first. I
told him what I was doing, how I’m embarrassed about it, and he nicely didn’t
post the picture.
See, I’m biting at the inside of my cheek. It’s a terrible habit, and I don’t
know how I got started doing it. But I’ve done it since I was in high school,
have wanted to stop for years and failed to do so. Since blogging about my
goal to lose weight has
worked well, maybe outing my
bad habit will put enough pressure on me to finally kick it. And if anyone
should see me doing it, feel free to berate me in public.
Stop Smoking (Sort Of)
Smoking, chemotherapy for the soul.
I’d quit entirely, but my new
Zippo lighter says don’t do it. But I’ll cut it back to the occasional one or
two on the weekend. For the record, I’m not exactly a chimney now — usually two
or three in the evenings.
Continue On The Diet Coke Cutback
In a few days, I’ll have been a month
without Diet Coke. This is
for someone who drank maybe two liters per day. Confession –
two weekends ago I had a Diet Pepsi. I hated myself. If I was going to break my
no caffeine streak, waste it on Diet Pepsi? And it didn’t taste as good as Diet
Coke. A twelve pack sits in my refrigerator beckoning at me. Instead, I keep on
with the water and the occasional Diet A&W Root Beer. I will have Diet Coke
again — I’m looking forward to it, but it will be much more in moderation.
Write A Book
The great American novel! Any novel! Well, how about non-fiction? I’ve had
enough years of saying I’d like to do a book but don’t have the time. I’ll never
have the time, so this year, I’ll make it somehow. Going to do a book of some
type, that’s the goal.
Happy New Year, everyone!
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