{"id":6425,"date":"2012-01-01T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=6425"},"modified":"2011-12-31T09:34:17","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T14:34:17","slug":"another-new-year-another-new-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=6425","title":{"rendered":"Another New Year, another new list"},"content":{"rendered":"

Resolutions are made to be broken, right?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Kelly Hockenberry<\/strong>, Columnist, UnionvilleTimes.com<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s that time of year again.<\/p>\n

Resolutions, rebirth and renewal\u2026 blah, blah, blah.<\/p>\n

In all seriousness, January 1st<\/sup> is a date that I look forward to. \u00a0I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ve ever shed light on this particular aspect of my neurotic personality, but, I welcome the 1st<\/sup> of EACH month as a new opportunity to break all of my bad habits.<\/p>\n

I am especially delighted if the first of the month occurs on a Monday (as opposed to trying to \u201celiminate ALL bad foods from my diet\u201d on say, \u201cFriday Pizza Night\u201d or \u201cSaturday Chinese Take-Out\u201d).<\/p>\n

But, the most holiest of all \u201cfirsts of the month\u201d obviously happens immediately after that big crystal ball drops in Times Square.<\/p>\n

I prepare a written list EVERY year.\u00a0 Sad to say, I have many repeating items and rotate in a new concept every now and again.<\/p>\n

Here is my 2012 in a nutshell:<\/p>\n

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  1. I will drink at least one glass of water before every meal (seems simple enough, yet, I\u2019ve usually broken this one by around January 10th<\/sup>)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Do 50 push-ups per day while watching TV (annually makes its way onto this list)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Eliminate clutter from my bedside table thereby creating a calming atmosphere (will never happen)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Removing school papers from backpacks in a timely fashion\u2026in other words, not once a semester \u00a0(COMPLETE SLACKER, I\u2019ll own it)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Taking clean clothes from the laundry basket and putting them into drawers rather than telling the boys to dig through in the hopes of finding underwear<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Resisting the urge to have a cookie EVERY time I make a cup of tea (again, annually present)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  7. Getting into the weight room at the Y instead of avoiding eye contact with it like it\u2019s a person<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  8. Stop picking at my cuticles<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  9. Cleaning out my closet and getting rid of things that I haven\u2019t worn<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  10. Limit my coffee consumption (under 40 ounces a day is a win in my book)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    It is a rather small list.\u00a0 It does not appear insurmountable\u2026yet, at least 8 of those 10 will inevitably be broken in no time flat.<\/p>\n

    Does this make the effort of creating it a waste of time?<\/p>\n

    Nah.<\/p>\n

    That\u2019s what February 1st<\/sup> is for\u2026(unfortunately it\u2019s a Wednesday\u2026which historically does not bode well for me)<\/p>\n

    Oh well.<\/p>\n

    Happy New Year!\u00a0 May 2012 make all of your dreams come true!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Resolutions are made to be broken, right? By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, UnionvilleTimes.com It\u2019s that time of year again. Resolutions, rebirth and renewal\u2026 blah, blah, blah. In all seriousness, January 1st is a date that I look forward to. \u00a0I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ve ever shed light on this particular aspect of my neurotic personality, but, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[245,7],"tags":[763,762],"class_list":["post-6425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-featured","tag-list","tag-new-years-resolution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}