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	<title>Comments on: New Year&#8217;s Resolutions: Why Make Them And How NOT to Break Them</title>
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		<title>By: Haider</title>
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		<dc:creator>Haider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bashar,

Thanks for your input.

The solution to the first problem you pointed out is to write your resolutions, and regularly refer back to them.

And although 1 January isn&#039;t a date set in stone, and you can always begin an annual resolution any time, it is always easier to keep track of annual resolutions if they all start from one date. What you *can* introduce to your &quot;resolutions list&quot; are habits you wish to develop or projects you wish to take on that take less than a year to accomplish. That way, by the end of the year (i.e. preferably 31 December), you can look back at all the projects that you wanted to do, and see how successful you were in accomplishing them.

But you&#039;re right, there&#039;s no reason to put off new projects just because you didn&#039;t think about them at the start of the year!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bashar,</p>
<p>Thanks for your input.</p>
<p>The solution to the first problem you pointed out is to write your resolutions, and regularly refer back to them.</p>
<p>And although 1 January isn&#8217;t a date set in stone, and you can always begin an annual resolution any time, it is always easier to keep track of annual resolutions if they all start from one date. What you *can* introduce to your &#8220;resolutions list&#8221; are habits you wish to develop or projects you wish to take on that take less than a year to accomplish. That way, by the end of the year (i.e. preferably 31 December), you can look back at all the projects that you wanted to do, and see how successful you were in accomplishing them.</p>
<p>But you&#8217;re right, there&#8217;s no reason to put off new projects just because you didn&#8217;t think about them at the start of the year!</p>
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		<title>By: Bashar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bashar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Problem with new year resolutions is, most people forget what it was few weeks later. They just have it as a temporary inspiration, to talk about what they like, and kind of celebrate the new year with it.

I didn&#039;t really come up with a year resolution, I had an annual goal last year that started in Aug maybe. Perhaps you know some about it. Point is, you don&#039;t need to be at 1st of Jan to come up with new plans. For companies ofcourse, it makes sense because they are setting annual budget and target goals. For individual, I would say, if you really mean it, start today :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Problem with new year resolutions is, most people forget what it was few weeks later. They just have it as a temporary inspiration, to talk about what they like, and kind of celebrate the new year with it.</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t really come up with a year resolution, I had an annual goal last year that started in Aug maybe. Perhaps you know some about it. Point is, you don&#8217;t need to be at 1st of Jan to come up with new plans. For companies ofcourse, it makes sense because they are setting annual budget and target goals. For individual, I would say, if you really mean it, start today <img src='http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Haider</title>
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		<dc:creator>Haider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Blue Dress,

To get it out of the way first: apologies for the length of my post(s), but I can&#039;t seem to help it.

Second, pyjama parties might be an interesting event to write about. I actually said what &quot;pyjamas people wear at the weekends&quot;, which is a mundane detail in our lives. Having said that, there may be some comic value in mentioning such details, or it might be a nice memory to look back on, as you said. But I don&#039;t think that our focus should be such details in our lives. It&#039;s too mundane a topic to dedicate a blog to. Many bloggers use their blogs to vent, or to mention any idea that comes to mind. I personally believe that bloggers should aim to contribute some value to the lives of their readers, or even themselves. 

You don&#039;t want to put too much focus on specific details about your life that might not have too much value in it. For example, if you notice my &quot;About me&quot; page, I actually give a summary of the most important stages in my life. But these stages aren&#039;t characterised by what pyjamas I used to wear. They are based on my ideological developments and my philosophical maturity. These are extremely important topics that many people will find useful to discuss and consider.

I&#039;m not against writing about pyjama parties, but I don&#039;t think it should be the level we remain at.

As for daily resolutions, I think we should have daily reminders, but there are some things that are impossible to achieve on a daily basis, such as a three-month project :)

That&#039;s all for now.. longer comment? I think so!!

Thanks for stopping by, and see you around the blogosphere...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Blue Dress,</p>
<p>To get it out of the way first: apologies for the length of my post(s), but I can&#8217;t seem to help it.</p>
<p>Second, pyjama parties might be an interesting event to write about. I actually said what &#8220;pyjamas people wear at the weekends&#8221;, which is a mundane detail in our lives. Having said that, there may be some comic value in mentioning such details, or it might be a nice memory to look back on, as you said. But I don&#8217;t think that our focus should be such details in our lives. It&#8217;s too mundane a topic to dedicate a blog to. Many bloggers use their blogs to vent, or to mention any idea that comes to mind. I personally believe that bloggers should aim to contribute some value to the lives of their readers, or even themselves. </p>
<p>You don&#8217;t want to put too much focus on specific details about your life that might not have too much value in it. For example, if you notice my &#8220;About me&#8221; page, I actually give a summary of the most important stages in my life. But these stages aren&#8217;t characterised by what pyjamas I used to wear. They are based on my ideological developments and my philosophical maturity. These are extremely important topics that many people will find useful to discuss and consider.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not against writing about pyjama parties, but I don&#8217;t think it should be the level we remain at.</p>
<p>As for daily resolutions, I think we should have daily reminders, but there are some things that are impossible to achieve on a daily basis, such as a three-month project <img src='http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>That&#8217;s all for now.. longer comment? I think so!!</p>
<p>Thanks for stopping by, and see you around the blogosphere&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Blue Dress</title>
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		<dc:creator>Blue Dress</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pajama parties *
Yes i actually re-read it ;p</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pajama parties *<br />
Yes i actually re-read it ;p</p>
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		<title>By: Blue Dress</title>
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		<dc:creator>Blue Dress</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First, I’d like to comment 3alla what you said in the first page about blogs and blogging and why you’re not interested in reading them....

And also how you stated that they are of no use to the writer him/herself...
Well actually as lame as pajamas party might seem to any blog reader.. i think its valuable information for the writer, i mean its snippets of their lives documented, i once wrote a post about it... ino how they say a picture is worth a thousands words.. Well it’s the same case here except the opposite...
Ya3ni your blog is your photo album in words regardless of the content...
When you come back to it in years... You will realize ;).


As for the current post... Well said... I always do that..
I believe in daily resolutions though not yearly... why would anyone need a whole year to figure out something you can do in a day...

Long post?
Long comment .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First, I’d like to comment 3alla what you said in the first page about blogs and blogging and why you’re not interested in reading them&#8230;.</p>
<p>And also how you stated that they are of no use to the writer him/herself&#8230;<br />
Well actually as lame as pajamas party might seem to any blog reader.. i think its valuable information for the writer, i mean its snippets of their lives documented, i once wrote a post about it&#8230; ino how they say a picture is worth a thousands words.. Well it’s the same case here except the opposite&#8230;<br />
Ya3ni your blog is your photo album in words regardless of the content&#8230;<br />
When you come back to it in years&#8230; You will realize <img src='http://www.afilsforyourthoughts.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> .</p>
<p>As for the current post&#8230; Well said&#8230; I always do that..<br />
I believe in daily resolutions though not yearly&#8230; why would anyone need a whole year to figure out something you can do in a day&#8230;</p>
<p>Long post?<br />
Long comment .</p>
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