New Year's Resolutions

I know that I should probably give serious thought to committing to a new year's resolution. There are thousands from which to choose:

• lose weight again (did you see that? it says a-gain! :O I feel as though I've already failed)
• get a job (a real one, you know, with bi-weekly paycheques, benefits and tax deductions)
• write a book (I say that every month, never mind every year)
• read more wisdom literature (not just that fiction rubbish from Koontz and King)
• get more interested/involved in my own community (like meeting my neighbours of 10 yrs)
• get more interested in politics (I used to be a young liberal, now just an old cynic)
• save more money (so that I can lose it in the market instead of on stupid things like groceries and insurance and gas)
• get my hair cut every 4-6 weeks regularly (instead of suffering through crazy hair days)
• pay more attention to me (manicures, pedicures, monthly massages, maybe hang a mirror somewhere)
• take singing lessons (I'm not even a little bit serious about that one)
• hug my therapist after every session (kidding...he he he...boo!)

I made a resolution once. I gave up soda for a year. Absolutely NO carbonated beverages for an entire year. No Pepsi, Coke, Ginger Ale, Sprite, 7-Up, Root Beer, Cream Soda, or any other variation or emulation. I did it, and then failed to regain my taste for pop. It's been bottled water and iced tea since then. Thank Heavens for Snapple!

Here's the thing -- if I make a resolution, that's it! I'm committed! Failure is not an option so the only natural thing to do is, well, not make a resolution. It's the only safe answer for this perfectionist, otherwise, I would need to select the best resolution from this list, establish a budget, define my goals, develop a list of expected outcomes, define the metrics to measure my success and, well, you get the idea. It's a big deal.