An unusual New Years Resolution.

That is an unusual resolution. I hope you manage to make all of these recipes, what sort of cooking do you like doing? It is funny that you should mention cookery books because I started a discussion about a cook book I borrowed from the library earlier this week. The book is called A Pinch of Nom, do you have this one amongst your collection?

@lazydaizee No, I have not heard of it. They probably sell more French cookbooks there than the US. OH I see, it is not really French.

@snowy22315 No it is English, but when I was first told about this book, I thought it was about some sort of foreign food.

@lazydaizee I usually put my plan down in the Morning Brief. The plan for today is to get the notifications done, work on Wilderness Challenge, and get my steps. It will be a light day today.

@just4him What is the Wilderness Challenge and how many steps do you do each day? Sounds like you are going to be busy.

It is good to have a new plan each day, what is today`s plan, if you don`t mind me asking?

That sounds like an interesting theme for a book. Do you remember what the book was called or the author`s name?

@lazydaizee I looked it up, and it was actually by Shonda Rhimes! You know her, right? Creator of the shows Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19, Scandal… Anyway, I think it’s called “Year of Yes”. It does look good. She’s a natural introvert, so she just decided she’d start saying yes to everything.

@AmbiePam I have not heard of her before and I do not watch Greys Anatomy. Is that the show with George Clooney, or am I thinking about something else.?

@lazydaizee I can’t take any credit for my profile picture. I’ve had it for years and it was obtained from a free online site many years ago. Hence why I haven’t aged a bit. I am not a frequenter of charity shops as I see them as selling other people’s tat, and I have enough of my own. I know the shops are a way of making more money for the charities but I’d rather give direct. I come across a number of Big Issue sellers on my travels, and even they aren’t necessarily charity cases.

@Orson_Kart We have a Big Issue seller who sits outside Waitrose nearly every day of the week, she is always there when I go past. She says `Hello' and smiles at everybody who passes her, I have never seen anyone buy a copy of the Big Issue from her. I know what you mean about other people`s tat some of the things being sold in charity shops look like a lot of rubbish, however, people must buy this stuff because the shops are always getting new stock. I normally buy used books from charity shops and the occasional purse or hand bag, but I never buy bric- a- brac.

I like your profile picture it is very eye catching, did you design it yourself.? So your resolution could be to give money to charity when you buy a treat for yourself. This is a lovely idea do you have charity shops near to where you live? If so then perhaps you could treat yourself to something from a charity shop then make a donation at the same time. Like you say, you do have to be careful when giving money to charity because you do not always know where the money is going and it might end up in the wrong hands. A friend of mine donated a lot of goods to a well known charity shop, and then they found out that one of the staff members had been stealing money from the till. This upset my friend because he really wanted the money made from his donation to go to the good cause.

@lazydaizee When we were kids the nuns told us that we had to make at least one resolution for the new year. Growing up I wondered what is the purpose.

@LadyDuck Did you get in trouble if you could not keep your resolution?

I have tried making resolutions in the past but I always go back to my old ways after a short time, so I am like you now and I do not make them any more. I did feel like I failed when I did not keep to whatever resolution I made at the time and it is not nice to feel that you have failed at something.

@lazydaizee Thank you very much.

Good luck with your resolution.

@lazydaizee True.

Yes, it is up to the individual.

@lazydaizee .......That is true. It is a good time to start over or start something new though.

I suppose resolutions are personal, what suits one person may not be useful for somebody else.

@lazydaizee It used to be lose weight...now I have none to lose.

Me neither because I never stuck to them. What sort of resolution did you used to make?

That is often the best way if you are happy with the way things are.

Losing weight does seem to be a big thing for lots of people at the start of the year. I suppose this is because we are all encouraged to eat and drink more than usual over Christmas and New Year. The companies that sell weight loss and diet products do a roaring trade at the beginning of each year because of this.

I will not be making any because I never stick to mine.

It is a good idea, but I would be interested to see how long it lasts.

You do need to be able to discipline yourself to do certain things. You also need willpower to stick with any promises you have made.

@UnseenArt You just have to push yourself sometimes.

@lazydaizee that is true, don't rely on motivation always. Do it even you are tired or not in a mood to do it.