I think that I, like most folks, vacillate on the idea of New Year’s resolutions. The argument for doing them is a good one: it’s probably better to live life with goals than it is to drift about aimlessly. The argument against them is as strong and simpler: most people fail miserably.

As 2005 waned, I thought about writing resolutions: what they would be, how many, etc. Eventually, I struck upon an idea that really made sense to me: the reason that most goals fail is because are either unrealistic or are too generic ["save more money", "be a better employee", etc.].

Thus, an idea was born, one with its roots in all the student government crap I’ve done the last decade: real, honest-to-God resolutions. “WHEREAS, it is the opinion of this body that …”—you get the idea. I love writing this stuff—ask anyone who’s ever been in student government with me!—and the experiences I’ve had the last three years have honed my planning skills quite well. [Unfortunately, my execution skills have lagged.]

Starting tomorrow and going through the 13th of January, I’ll post one resolution a day, to be acted upon by the end of each subsequent month. The easier resolutions are certainly front-loaded, but a couple of the ones at the end will require more than a late-fall push to make them happen.

Should be fun, at least for me.