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Resolutions and chocolate

5/1/2016

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Actually, this post is rather lacking in chocolate, but I have been eating a lot of it, so that counts right?

Oh, okay, here's a pic of chocolates. They are very yummy :-)

​Over the years, I've found the most successful resolutions are the ones that don't try to change me. Losing weight, giving up chocolate/alcohol/smoking, running five miles every week... those things are prone to failure.


One year I resolved to put my small change in the charity boxes in shops - they all have them right next to the tills, so it's hardly difficult. It becomes a habit very quickly, and I don't even notice how much I'm giving. I've done it ever since.

​I don't always make resolutions (sometimes I make them on my birthday instead), but this year I jokingly mentioned on Facebook that I was going to perfect the art of selfie taking. I am not at all photogenic, and if I ever take one it usually gets deleted immediately. Even the idea made me shudder.

​However, in my head, this morphed into ​Take a Selfie Every Day for a Year. And that's what I'm doing.

​I've created a special folder for them on my laptop, and I will not be deleting any of them. Not even the really hideous one I took today in front of a rainbow - it ​should​ have been such a good one!

​I probably won't share them with anyone, unless I do actually perfect the art, in which case I'll be all over the place. But it will be an interesting documentation of my year.

​How about you? Have you made any resolutions? Would you like to join my selfie challenge?

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Elizabeth Seckman link
7/1/2016 02:26:41

I delete a lot of pictures too. The older I get, the more hideous I look in pics. And then I get nervous and that just makes the pictures that much more horrible.

Glad to hear you have another book in the works. I'm anxiously waiting!

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Annalisa Crawford
7/1/2016 13:45:32

I've found I can actually look at photos of myself and be okay with them. Granted, I don't plan on showing anyone else, but it's a huge step for someone who cringes at her own photos most of the time!

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Libby Heiliy link
7/1/2016 14:11:53

I don't make resolutions. I try goals. One goal this year is to continue being healthier by losing at least ten pounds and eating more veggies and a bit less. And to promote my book. UGH. That last one's the one that scares me.

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Annalisa Crawford
13/1/2016 07:57:45

Eating more veggies is definitely easier than promoting a book! Good luck with both of those goals, Libby, and thanks for visiting :-)

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Monty B link
10/12/2020 07:21:05

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