My Resolution for 2007

A few years back I made the resolution to never make another resolution.  I’ve stuck to my guns each year and have not made any more resolutions.  The year 2006 started the same way, without a resolution.  It turned out to be a year that I wouldn’t mind having completely erased from my memory.  Perhaps by starting 2007 with a resolution, I can ensure that 2007 is a better year.  It can’t hurt, can it?  I’m willing to try it… I think.

Now I must pick that perfect resolution that will start my new year off on the right foot.  Do I go for the good old standby and resolve to lose weight?  Do I vow to be a nicer person?  Or perhaps I should learn to handle my finances better?  Any and all of these are possibilities but I want something more.  I want 2007 to be everything that this past year was not.  How I can make sure that this happens?  What resolution will get me moving on the right path through this crazy thing we call life?

One of my dreams is already in the works and is set to take place in May.  I will be graduating from college, finally!  However, I do not wish this to be the end of my learning.  I wish to be a student of life.  I want to learn new things daily from the real world and not necessarily from a textbook.  Perhaps this could be a resolution… to continue my education in less traditional ways.  Or maybe I could finally focus for a moment and figure out just what I want to do “when I grow up.”  Now that I will have that spiffy piece of paper that shows I’m college educated, I have a few more opportunities available to me.  Finding my wants and dreams again could take some work and would make a good resolution.

I talk myself in circles while trying to discover the resolution that will fit me perfectly.  I could easily resolve to take more time away from work to travel and see all that there is to see in this fine world of ours.  I could stop pushing myself too hard to do everything at once.  I could promise to give more and take less.  I could… Well, any of these would be fine resolutions also.  I am now beginning to see just why I swore off resolutions to begin with.  Once I start evaluating the changes that I should make in my life, the list seems endless.  I think I’ll resolve to come up with a resolution…. Next year.