BURGER SCOOT

It is “Bloganuary” here at WordPress.com and while I do not remember such a challenge in past Januarys the web content management system has always had Day One and other word prompt programs to encourage their bloggers to write. This challenge is very, er, challenging. Especially considering I don’t write very often anymore.

Below are what I have come up with as my biggest challenges–the first two have been New Year’s Resolutions for many years now and I always fail at them so the third bullet point may be the biggest challenge of all!

• Be Positive
• Lose Weight
• Be Productive
• Pay Attention
• Write (in this blog) More

Be Positive

I have always been a negative thinker. My mother, my mentor in college, and my wife are all concerned on this personality “quality,” so switching this mindset will be a tough one.

Lose Weight

The older I get the fatter I get and that is becoming a big problem with me at 66. I wasn’t always overweight. When I first met my future wife, she said I was underweight. Over the years I became more and more out of shape and overweight. This challenge is almost as tough as changing my outlook.

Be Productive

Now that I am retired, I have no excuse for getting up off my fat ass and doing more house work and trying to fill some of the time I used to use working. I joined the League of Women Voters, but after my first event I went dark.

Pay Attention

This one kind of goes along with being more productive. I have always had problems remembering the films I viewed, the books I read, etc. None of that matters as much as matters dealing with income taxes, and retirement issues especially when it comes to money matters. I need to learn to pay attention and take notes when I am speaking with CPAs, retirement, Social Security, and Medicare personnel.

Write (in this blog) More

It is possible if I write more, it will take away with what others might consider as being productive, but while I do want to write more, I need to strike a balance.

There they are. There’s actually one more challenge; perhaps the BIGGEST challenge of them all:

• Don’t beat myself up if I fail at any or all of these challenges (resolutions).