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2001 - Courier Staff New Year’s Resolutions
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As the true millennium dawns, our crack staff members reach deep into their
collective psyche for their annual New Year’s Resolutions. Here,
in the order in which they were received, are what we hope to accomplish
this year. Editor’s Note - For all those who did not submit resolutions
after repeated requests, the resolution I make for you is to quit procrastinating. Karen Copperberg - I am going to try not to rant and rave so much this year. It’s bad for my editor’s blood pressure. Mary Wolbach Lopert - I resolve to take all complaints, kavetches, whinings, missed deadlines and “the dog ate my assignment” with a large boulder of salt. It’s good for my blood pressure. Margaret Hix - I resolve not to get dropped to the bottom of the (resolution) list. I resolve to be on time, organize my office and lose the usual 10 pounds. Donna Currie - I will not upgrade my computer every week. I will wait until I need the new technology instead of getting it just because I want it. I will scan for viruses more often. I will organize my backup files (yes, I do backup, but where...!?) I will delete the old emails and cookies that are accumulating in my in-box. I will not try to explain computers to my husband to the point that his eyes roll back into his head and he loses consciousness. Louise H. Alderson - My resolution for the New Year— To welcome the beginning of the new century with a happy heart. Elizabeth Wrenn - I resolve to get my novel under contract and to market my picture book, which is coming out this year. Vicki Maurer - I resolve to learn Spanish so that I know when my son is swearing at me. Carol Mirarck - Follow your dreams no matter how outlandish they seem. Persistence is the key to transforming your dreams into reality. Pleasant dreams throughout 2001! Kim Alsop - I resolve to be more patient and understanding with my family and friends and to be successful in all my endeavors. Biff Warren - I resolve to be more realistic in anticipation of the baseball season. The Cubs and Rockies will win their divisions and battle in the playoffs for a World Series spot against the Boston Red Sox. You heard it here first. Anne Dyni - With the arrival of our second grandchild last month, I resolve to record my OWN oral history and that of my husband. Shari Phiel - I resolve to dig myself out of the mountain of debt I have accrued this year. Well OK, maybe just not add anything more to it. B. J. Stasek - My resolution is to travel more and spend more time with my grandchildren. Julia Vandenberg - For next year, I resolve to get my resolution in to the editor on time. Marge Mercurio Smith - In 2001, I resolve to make more time for fun! Hiking, reading, walking, writing, and sharing time with friends and family is really what makes me smile, therefore I plan to do more of it. Anna Mahorski - To rebuild my husband, and to keep away the editors to rebuild the news! Gay Waterbury - My resolution for 2001: To heed the advice I read on a greeting card this year: “Never let the urgent crowd out the important.” More poetry, more long walks, more night sky gazing—and the presence/awareness to appreciate them. Ron Goodman - Battle of the Bulge - an epic poem I resolve to join a health club this year, My goal-a size 34 waist to wear, But if all my efforts turn to naught, With a chocolate chip cookie I’ll be caught. Jessica Easley - I resolve to put yesterday behind me, postpone tomorrow until it comes, and live in the right now of today. Becky Arters - I resolve not to be a dangling chad on the ballot of life! Also, I resolve to take every opportunity to make memories with those I love this year, especially my kids. |
Posted January 2001