We’ve pooled what we want to improve about ourselves, our lives, our relationships and our work and distilled in into these simple resolutions:
- We will exercise our bodies and our minds more. For some of us, we regularly exercise (and swear by the endorphins). But we can also feel those IQ points dropping off after too much time on HGTV or watching reality tv or just surfing endlessly on screens. So, we want to lift more weight, take more steps and turn more pages.
- Multi-task more when we have to and not at all when we shouldn’t. We pride ourselves on answering an email, posting a blog and ordering our coffee at same time. Aren’t we competent? We are less sanguine about checking our email during family time. It’s hard but we are going to try to disconnect and reconnect at the same time.
- We are going to call when it is more efficient and kinder than emailing, but we are going to email or text when we know the recipient prefers it. In life and in business, we have to think about the listener or receiver (not us), and not about what works best for the talker or sender.
- We will make to-do-lists and stick to them. And we’ll put them away too.
- We will make dinner more often and eat out less. Or at least profess that as our resolution.
- We’re going to make our clients and our families each feel like they are our highest priority without putting ourselves third. Hmmm.
- We’re going to make time to enjoy the year, because if we don’t, another year will pass.
- We’re going to try a new alcoholic beverage this year, just because. (See #7).
- We’re going to upgrade all our security software (this is real, not at all ironic.)
- We’re going to send hand-written thank you notes and make our kids do the same.