Some of the things on my list are:

1. Reading the Bible in its entirety, daunting to say the least. (Those pages are really thin, which leads one to think that it is a quicker read than it actually is).
2. Skydiving (not likely because I am afraid of jumping out of fast-moving things at great heights. But it sounds cool).
3. Writing my screenplay, which has been in the works for about a decade, so this year is as likely as any, I suppose.
4. Learning another language
5. Learning to play the tuba (I'm not kidding).
6. Taking up fencing
7. Giving up coffee (been trying that one for a while).

And so on. Perhaps I should make an easier list to ensure a higher success rate?

M– I love clean slates. I start off every Monday morning with a list of resolutions for the week (e.g., eat less, drink more water and less wine, etc.) and then by Wednesday afternoon, when I’ve blown them all, I say to myself, “Next Monday I’ll….” But New Year’s resolutions are a whole different animal. On New Year’s Day, I like to sit at my kitchen table, take stock of my life and write out a game plan for becoming a better and more evolved soul. So far this year I’ve resolved to:

1. Drive closer to the speed limit and not just when there is a police truck flashing my speed.
2. Replace the gas nozzle before driving away from the pump (don’t ask).
3. Find a scale that doesn’t exaggerate my weight.
4. Never again take a sleeping pill and laxative on the same night.
5. Not buy any more books until I finish the 120+ on my Kindle and the 50+ on my nightstand.
6. Not listen to Howard Stern on the car radio until after I’ve dropped the kids at school.
7. Fine-tune my bored and unamused look.
8. Stop buying clothes that will look good  “when I lose a few pounds.”
9. Listen more and judge less.
10. Edit, print, organize and make books from the photos I download rather than allowing them to simply exist on my hard drive.
11. Not scare my husband by answering my (hands-free) cell phone while I’m in my car crying hysterically over an audio book.
12. Resist the urge to rear-end cars with bumper stickers proclaiming their children are “honor students at….” or are attending Harvard, Yale, etc.
13. Not immediately dislike my fellow middle-agers who are naturally thin, wrinkle-free and ache-free!
14. Take my Rosetta Stone Spanish CDs out of the box and listen to them. (I’ve owned them for three years).
15. Get back into yoga, meditate daily and stop drinking coffee.
16. Complete the “All About Me” book so my kids and grandkids will know that, before my mind began to deteriorate, I was a semi-interesting person.