Friday, January 4, 2013
Check out some statistics and weigh in on those yearly commitments to achieve goals or reform bad habits.
You've had a week to recover from Christmas and think about the year ahead. Have you made any resolutions for 2013 or do you steer clear of do-or-die, once-a-year goal setting? What began as a tradition of performing simple, good deeds, according to 43Things.com, has become a modern-day practice of resolving to break bad habits, such as smoking, or eat healthier and exercise, or get out of debt—all tasks that are "easier said than done," according to some experts. After all, "The best laid plans o' mice and men [often go astray]," as Poet Robert Burns wrote in the ever-popular Auld Lang Syne. Maybe we should resolve to stop making New Year's resolutions. Of the 45 percent of Americans who usually make resolutions and the 17 percent who …
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Check out some statistics and weigh in on those yearly commitments to achieve goals or reform bad habits.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Here's your roundup of top stories from Patches in Cobb, Cherokee, Douglas, Bartow and Paulding counties for Jan. 2.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Here's your roundup of top stories from Patches in Paulding, Bartow, Douglas, Cherokee and Cobb counties for Dec. 28.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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I'm praying to break this bad spell in 2012.
Statistically, I have really bad New Year's Eves. I’ve had 23 so far. Three in high school ended with me staying home in a full-blown pity party. I had friends; my plans just always fell through. One in high school and two in college ended in breakups. OK, they ended in me getting dumped. When I was 9, I stayed up with my parents playing 13 Dead End Drive, a board game like Clue but in which the players kill one another. I promise, it’s really cute and upbeat. This was when I was having night terrors and started talking about killing my parents in the middle of the night. Right before they called the preacher for an exorcism, my parents realized that I was still playing the game and didn’t want to “bump” anyone “off.” Then there was last …
Ann Wallace Litrel
7:56 am on Wednesday, January 2, 2013
I agree with Tina - every day is a fresh start - not just New Year's! Lots of times in my life I have taken a big running jump at some new effort, and stumbled badly. New Year's resolutions are the official moment to dust ourselves off, look at what we learned, and try, try again! That being said, I refer back to Statement # 1 - every day is a fresh start : ) more ›