On my New Year resolutions... more or less

New Year's Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions.
Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.
~Mark Twain

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I am usually quite reluctant to share my New Year resolutions, because, in the words of John Selden, it's then twice as onerous a duty to keep them. But, perhaps, a little accountability is a good thing. And so, in vague generalities and with as little detail as possible, my resolutions for 2011... more or less:

• Talk less; listen more.

• Read more; watch television less.

• Blog and write more; Facebook and Twitter less.

• Less impulsive buying; more careful budgeting.

• Less red meat; more alternative protein sources.

• More actual letter writing; less emailing and messaging.

• More exercising and daily activity; less sitting around on my butt in front of the computer.

• Less clutter; more organization.

• Less mindless game-playing on Facebook and my iPod; more time spent on piano playing, graphic design, and other creative pursuits I've abandoned along the way.

• Teach more; slack less.

• Less sugar, salt, caffeine, and fats; more raw & organic foods.

• More deliberate planning of my time; less procrastinating.

And, most importantly...

• Less of me; more of God.