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Okay, let's face it. New Year's resolutions suck. Really they do. You hardly ever accomplish them and at the end of the year when you drunkenly reflect on your failures, it just makes you feel more like crap than you already do or will soon be as you then start drinking again to drown our your sorrows. Anyhow.

Nonetheless, I always make it a list. I write it down on a post-it and I tape it to my mirror so that I can reflect on them while getting ready in the morning. Every year for some years now, I've been collecting my friends' resolutions as well and then emailing them out to everyone on the list so that we can each hold one another accountable (read: give each other sh*t about it the following NYE).

Last year I did away with the term "resolution" and instead replaced it with "goals", as in New Year's Goals. While the pain of not accomplishing those was somewhat less painful, it sucked anyways.

So, this year I've chosen yet another term -- "intention". Things that you will try to do. And, hey, you can look back on them on NYE 2007 and say "Hell, yeah, I tried to learn ancient Greek, tried to learn how to play the piano and tried to lose those 10 pounds! Woo-hoo!" And you can finally be at peace with your lazy-ass self.

Here are my intentions for 2006:

* Try to be more consciously aware and more present minded

* Try to finish my novel by my birthday (5.27)

* Try to be better at time management

* Try to cook more meals

* Try to start meditating

* Try to explore more of SF

* Try to be more physically active

and most importantly

* Try to be more CONSISTENT.

What are some of your intentions this year?