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Resolved: No New Year’s Resolutions
I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions, mostly because failing is a terrible way to start a new year. If you’re going to make a major life change, it’s usually best to do it gradually. A […]
A Smarter, Fitter, Slimmer, More Organized You in 2017
New Year’s Day magical. Every January 1, I wake up with a glorious feeling that anything is possible! Overnight I have the power to change me and change my life. This is the year I […]
The secret to maintaining your New Year’s Resolutions…
… is never to make any, of course. I mean, seriously. Just look at my track record over the past twenty years. It’s January 2016 – a new year and another chance to wipe the […]
Kathy’s Points to Remember
It is advisable not to make the following resolutions, no matter how much fun they must be: 1. To make the Guinness Book of World Records for consecutive jaywalking. 2. To get a group of […]
Forget Resolutions: Try Goals
I don’t have this peculiar, almost pathological hatred of New Year’s resolutions some people have. Maybe that’s because I haven’t made one since 1989, and so haven’t experienced the loathing that comes with breaking them. […]
A Smarter, Fitter, Slimmer, More Organized You in 2016
New Year’s Day magical. Every January 1, I wake up with a glorious feeling that anything is possible! Overnight I have the power to change me and change my life. This is the year I’ll […]
How Not to Get a Literary Agent
2015. Resolutions are my thing. I love making them. I rarely keep them, but I love the process. I am still working on the 50-pound weight loss from 2010 and the healthy eating mantra of […]
When it’s Time to Revise Your New Year’s Resolutions
Here it is January again, and Madam and I just got around to kicking off our New Year’s resolutions. I resolved to enter my Texas Hold ’em carrot cake in the Pillsbury Bake Off. She […]
Time for a Fitness Fix
By Noah Vail, equine author extraordinaire It must be New Years because we all look like the Pillsbury Doughboy. Of course, Fortuna Farm residents make no claims to be svelte triathletes. Our favorite winter activities […]