Happy New Year - 2009! Get out your new calendars, remember to write 2009 for all dates AND be sure to make some new year's resolutions! Enjoy your black-eyed peas, hog jowls, hoppin' john and ham and collard greens on New Year's Day.
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I've compiled Mel Coker's TOP 10 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS based on my extensive research (not necessarily my personal resolutions):
- Lose weight
- Get in better physical shape
- Spend more quality time with family and friends
- Reduce or eliminate debt
- Set a budget and/or reduce expenses
- Quit smoking
- Learn something new / develop a new talent or skill
- Drink less alcohol / quit drinking
- Find a better job (or, in these times, find a job)
- Get better organized
Tips for making (and completing) effective New Year's Resolutions: set only 1-3 realistic goals; write down your goals; take baby steps (break goals into tasks with deadlines); go public (tell others about your goals); track your progress; reward yourself; if you slip up, recommit!
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selection is from the vita of Eligius holographic by his traveler Oueen..Most countries in Northwestern Europe officially adoptive Jan 1 as New Period's Day somewhat before they adopted the Doctor calendar. The Dinner of the Announcement, Walk 25 (9 months before December 25), was the opening day of the new year in England until the approval of the Doctor Calendar in 1752. The Marchland 25th day was called Announcement Communication; the Jan 1 day was titled Circumcision Tool, because this was the date of the Feast of the Circumcision, being the eighth day tally from Dec 25.
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