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It sure seems so. Day two of the year la 2008 in the office:

Colleague #1: Do you have any New Year’s resolutions?
Me: Yes. Lots.
Colleague #1, interested: Really?
Me: Sure… doesn’t everybody?

A quick audit of the office at this point reveals that nobody else has any resolutions. “I find it’s better to not make any and then feel bad about breaking them later,” explains colleague #1, with the kind of cold logic that makes our capitalist world such a delightful place for, say, child slaves and seals.

She then admits that she does have one: getting her driver’s license. “Isn’t that more of a goal than a resolution?” I ask. “Yes I suppose so,” she replies thoughtfully.

I have so many resolutions I don’t know where to start. My boss recommended narrowing them down. But how do I choose from saving the world one beggar at a time and starting that band?

I now realise that as with all things in my haphazard life, order is… well, in order. Hitherto my resolutions have remained unlisted… like a dodgy company avoiding the stock exchange.

In order to pin it down and hold it accountable I shall attempt to commit it to paper/screen.

I would post it here but resolutions, like bathroom activity, are something of an overshare. People want to see the results of what you do, not necessarily the process.

Of course, lists are one thing, but achieving them is another. More than any resolution, I want to rely on God increasingly and trust His spirit to empower and enable me to do his will. If New Year’s resolutions are passé, striving on one’s own strength is even more so.

So… here’s to a blessed and grace-filled 2008!