Relax. No resolution suggestions will be shared here. I am a Resolution Free Zone. I just don’t make them. And I've come to accept that I cannot convert everyone to my way of thinking. Make your New Year resolutions. And have fun.
And if you still have some inspiration left over from the new leaf we all turned when January 1 came around the bend, here are some ideas that are not really resolutions at all. Take only one, or one a day, or one a week, or one a month, or create your own. It’s your choice. The question is:
What can I do or who can I become, this year, that will help make this the best of all possible worlds?
101 Suggestions:
- Be happy
- Love openly
- Plant something
- Meditate
- Talk about the things you love
- Pass on conversations about the things you dislike
- Pamper someone you know
- Pamper a stranger
- Turn off the TV
- Turn off the computer
- Reuse more and dispose of fewer things
- Use freecycle
- Give away some books
- Give away some clothes
- Give away some food
- Give away some time and energy
- Play in nature
- Support something you know is right
- Stop supporting something you know is wrong
- Help change something bigger than you
- Think before you buy
- Share an insight
- Share this list
- Make more of the things you use and eat
- Take a nap
- Take your time
- Take a trip
- Take the train
- Support another’s dream
- Add a splash of color
- Laugh
- Help an acre, or a few thousand acres, of earth be free and wild again
- Help a person, or a few thousand people, be independent again
- Help a needy animal, or a few thousand animals, be safe
- Give of yourself
- Gift to yourself
- Downsize your home
- Become curious
- Stop tolerating junk mail
- Learn something
- Then become good
- Then become a master
- Then teach it
- Then break the rules
- Speak up
- Write about something important to you
- Thank everyone
- Become patient with someone
- Become patient with yourself
- Smile at friends
- Smile at yourself
- Smile at strangers
- Follow your heart
- Give your heart
- Make something for someone
- Create some wacky solutions to your dilemmas
- Allow others to do as they please
- Ask for a better reason than “Everybody’s doing it.”
- Clear your clutter
- Use the things you love
- Fix that which needs fixing
- Create some freedom in your day, week, year
- Create some freedom for someone else
- Understand that which you fear
- Be silent
- Become conscious
- Bake something for someone
- Aspire to the TED Prize
- Climb to the top of something
- Climb to the bottom of something
- Take naps
- Move naturally
- Live and work in a walkable community
- De-convenience your home
- Meditate
- Share a meal
- Create your own Blue Zone
- Focus on what's important for YOU each day and let your legacy take care of itself
- Learn a language
- Send a stranger some silent love
- Visit someone you know and admire whom you've never met in person
- Write a letter of appreciation to your favorite author
- Write a letter of appreciation to a politician who has supported something important to you
- Write a letter of appreciation to yourself
- Write a letter of appreciation to someone who has supported you
- Write a letter of appreciation to a stranger
- Grow something
- Raise something
- Notice the amount of disposable plastic you buy
- Throw a party
- Know what's in the food you eat
- Be aware of your food miles
- Kiss the ones you love
- Kiss the cat
- Kiss the dog
- Kiss a fish
- Kiss a stranger
- Take a risk
- Take a break
- Call your Dad and by all means...
- Call your Mom!
"If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can make the world safe for diversity." ~John F. Kennedy
"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." ~Albert Einstein
The List Coaching
If you find value in this list and would like to experience some group coaching around this list and additional items we come up with as a group, zip me an email or give me a call at 231-879-4178.
I would be happy to provide 9 sessions (55 minutes each) of group coaching via teleconference for only $150 per person. Calls will be recorded should you miss one.
We will explore in depth many of the items on this list, create some of our own, and support every person in the group to create their personalized list and focus for 2012. If 2012 is the year you want to help make this the best of all possible worlds, consider joining us.
I need a minimum of 5 participants and a maximum of 15. Days and times will be determined once we have our group.