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New year resolutions

January 2, 2006 at 6:03 AM

I gave up making new year resolutions long ago. My resolutions were idealistic, and I never came anywhere near living up to them. I just read Emily’s new year resolutions and got a new perspective. This year I’ll make my resolutions realistic. I’ll use phrases like “a little less” and “a little more.” I’ll start by copying one of Emily’s resolutions.

I resolve to

• Go to bed before midnight at least once


• Make long distance calls to my out-of-town friends more often


• Learn more about bluegrass, early music, and jazz


• Practice my orchestra music more often and earlier than the night before rehearsal


• Clean out at least one of my closets and throw out some of my junk


• Cut back my spending on nonessential items, i.e., stop buying sheet music and practice what I’ve already got


• Eat just a little less junk food or, when this is not possible, as with ice cream, eat the low fat kind sometimes


• Practice yoga and exercise a little more often


• Learn more folk and traditional music by playing along with CDs


• Clean my home at least once when I’m not having friends over shortly


• Watch some violin videos


• Go for walks in a nearby park more often


• Learn some CSS


• Go to museums or art galleries occasionally