It's Time to Change the Calendar

From all of us at Badgett's Coffee eJournal, we wish you a happy and healthy 2003.

January 1, 2003 is the first day of a new year, but it's really not so different from the day before. The sun will rise a few minutes earlier and will set a few minutes later. Most of us will not have to go to work, and we will will all have to get used to writing 2003, but it's almost the "same ol', same ol'".

How can you make it a truly NEW YEAR, a year when we change more than just the calendar? Here are some random thoughts from my random mind.

Get up 15 minutes earlier each day and think about the day.

Clean out one's closet.

Start now (not tomorrow or Monday) to change some bad habits.

Have lunch with your child at school.

Pick a 24 hour period (Friday sundown to Saturday sundown) to turn off all
electronics in your home. No TV, no computer, no telephone, no radio. Dress
up a little for dinner. Have a long and conversational dinner and then dig
out some old board games and play them with your children. Read, take long
walks, talk with your family. It will be Saturday evening before you know
it.

Take positive steps to make every moment of every day better.

Break up big tasks into small tasks.

Set realistic, attainable goals for yourself and write them down. Tape them
to your bathroom mirror or attached to your key chain (or both).

Call your siblings.

Reduce your excesses - - eating, alcohol, ice cream, gossip, anger, bad
language.

Write a check to a good charity and mail it quickly.

Buy a cookbook for an ethnic food you've never tried, and surprise your
family.

Spend more time and effort on your spirituality.

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