Resolutions

Today’s Resolution: Write a (Disposable) Love Letter

Saint Valentine’s Day is technically a Christian holiday meant to honor Saint Valentine, but was deleted from the Catholic books back in 1969 (appropriate?) by the Pope and has since been celebrated by anyone and everyone ever since.

Generally, the “holiday” is meant to show that special someone that you love them. Or rather, since you may do that every day, it’s an excuse to show them a little extra appreciation. Or even more accurately, it’s an excuse to eat heart-shaped red-velvet cupcakes and eat a fancy dinner. And who can hate that?

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Today’s Resolution: Forget The Noise and Meditate

Oh Monday, the most loathed day of the week for anyone who works the Monday through Friday shift. The benefits are the weekends, but the sacrifice is waking up to a dreaded Monday morning for the rest of your life (…perhaps). So, today you’re probably going to want to hang tight and brace yourself, right? That’s why it’s good to meditate every once in a while (or every day). If you’re a pro, then I don’t need to tell you how to get started. If you’re not and this is your first time, here are some pointers:

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Today’s Resolution: Hug Somebody

On Sundays we try to give you resolutions that are fulfilling but also comforting, like Sundays are meant to be spent – fulfilled and comforted. That’s why today’s resolution is to hug somebody. And there are no real rules to “the emotional heimlich”, it’s up to you. If you need a few reminders as to why hugging is way more rad than personal space, here are a few facts I dug up that may or may not have any scientific evidence behind them:

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Today’s Resolution: Go Left When You Should Go Right

Today’s objective is to get lost, and not in the “get outta here” kind of way. Instead of finding your way today, take a wrong turn instead. Instead of going wherever the GPS tells you to go, or wherever your hiking trail guides you, use your intuition. Keep your GPS for backup of course, but take some time out today and see how your sense of direction is first. Perhaps you’ll discover a new place, a new route, or maybe you’ll just get lost. Don’t forget to enjoy the ride/walk/slide along the way, because sometimes it’s OK not to ask for directions.

Status: Complete!

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Today’s Resolution: Re-Connect With an Old Friend

You certainly haven’t dwindled away the list of every last person you ever hoped to add to your Facebook friend list, have you? Perhaps you even want to go about it the old fashioned way, and that’s cool too. Today your resolution is simply to re-connect with a long lost friend, and perhaps even appreciate the tools that we now have at our fingertips to do this in ways our great grandparents never would have imagined.

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Today’s Resolution: Give to a Food Bank

Everyone has a local food bank, homeless shelter, or another charity that is always looking for food. Just think of all the food you throw away when you start a diet, or while cleaning out cupboards. A box of macaroni and cheese here, a can of pea soup there, it all adds up. If you have an abundance of sale items you overstocked on back when you were extreme-couponing, now’s the time to “pay it forward”.

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Today’s Resolution: Send a Birthday Card

It’s so easy to post a “happy birthday” on Facebook and through text message, and so hard to buy a paper card and write it down, stamp it, and put it in the mail. I admit it. That’s why this is such a great resolution. And if you don’t know anyone with a birthday coming up immediately, use something like  TinyPrints to schedule real paper cards to send to a friend or family member when the date arrives!

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Today’s Resolution: Tell The Truth

You know what? That “the truth shall set you free” nonsense isn’t always true. Sometimes the truth hurts people. So let’s be clear about today’s resolution. Tell the truth about the things that matter. For example:

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Today’s Resolution: Take Your Vitamins

Time to start the week off right, and taking vitamins can help you feel your best. We’re based on the the East Coast, so during the winter months, my doctor recommends taking a Vitamin D supplement  because we tend to lack in the sunshine department. I get my daily vitamins in the full serving of Vega I have every morning, but if you don’t already have a multi-vitamin, take some time today to research the one that’ just right for you. Amanda discovered a couple years ago that she doesn’t absorb B-12 very easily and needs monthly shots if she wants to be up to par, so I’d also recommend asking your doctor what additional vitamins and supplements are right for you.

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Today’s Resolution: Drink a Glass of Fancy Red Wine

You know what they say, a glass of red wine will make your heart beat longer, and if Patrick’s 97-year old grandmother has anything to say about it (as she often does), it’s definitely working for her.

Today your goal (if you drink alcohol) is to drink a glass of fancy wine. Now, fancy to you and fancy to us mean two different things.  So use your own definition.

I already know what we’ll be drinking… 2007 Eaglepoint Ranch Petite Syrah from JC Cellars in Oakland, CA. I’ll tell you why, later.

How about you? Have a favorite wine to share? Let us know in the comments.

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