i haven't exactly verbalized it

(fgr made me do it)

but i know it's my new year's resolution:

yoga in the studio in the morning

which leads to . . .

Time to leave my nails alone.

Woody Guthrie's 33 (!) New Years Resolutions that he made in 1941 (for 1942) give us a view of an optimistic, serious, sensitive, funny man. Just dealing with the nine I chose to print here present a challenge but nearly 70 years on can't we all feel the resonance/relevance of the last one?

29 inches x 10 inches printed on newsprint

B side for 199 of 365

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Emma wanted to duplicate my "awesome" idea for a New Years resolution to post on her my space. She was really clever with her's... For those of you who don't know my daughter she is a senior in high school. She is barely 5 feet tall and might be 100 lbs soaking wet. Her friends have always playfully teased her about how tiny she is. Even though she is petite, her intelligence, maturity, and personality are larger than life. When she talks about continuing to grow as a person I know she is referring to leaving for college this upcoming fall. While I realize every parent has to face the day their kids "leave the nest", I just can't believe it is already here. Needless to say I'm not quite really sure how I feel about 2008 and the New Year!

For those of us trying to come up with our resolutions for the New Year, I just wanted you to know that he is available for consultation at the "Urging Department" of the Dongyue Temple.

According to the helpful sign located at his Urging Department at the temple:

"Urging means pressing on to go ahead. Taoist creed holds anyone who exceed himself in Taoism should not only obey the Taoist code, but also go ahead with accomplishing good deeds"

Something to consider in the New Year. You can leave an offering and red tablet prayer at the front of his Department. Perhaps he will be of assistance, you never know!

Have a happy and safe New Year!

Swedish word of the day. Nyårslöfte. New Year's resolution. Begin your new tradition. Why not! I will most likely start collecting Patek Philippe watches next year!

First assignment of 2012. The theme is Fresh Start. So I'm on a health kick... Isn't everybody!?

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For Macro Monday's New Year's Resolution Theme.

I don't typically do resolutions. I have zero self discipline and commitment issues. So why set myself up to fail? For the sake of "art" I'm making a few this year. And since I don't want to doom myself to fail I choose not to work in absolutes.

I'm not giving up chocolate or eating sweets or anything as drastic as that. My resolution is to eat less crappy poor quality domestic chocolate (sorry, Steve but compared to Belgian, Swiss and German chocolate, Hershey's is poo...) and eat more of the good stuff.

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365/Day One

So. Happy New Year, everybody :) I was looking forward to a nice relaxing day, taking pictures, lying in bed and meeting Belladayys new man/camera ;)

Instead, I ended up having chinese for lunch in the Laughing Buddha, going bowling in Washingborough and rushing to take my photo before I had dinner :)

So, my only resolution this year is to start my 365 and complete it. My rules are that my days end when I go to bed.

If I miss an upload (which is possible), as long as the photo is taken on that relevant day, it doesn't matter so much.

I am not allowed to get more than a week behind in uploads.

It doesn't have to be completely self portraits. Inanimate objects are okay too :)

None of the pictures can be boring, mundane. I need to challenge my creativty!

So, Happy New Year, guys. Good Luck to my fellow 365-ers :)