They say one of the best ways to meet goals is to make them public. I have to agree! And I think another way to meet goals is to commit to a few rather than half heartedly wishing to keep a dozen.
So, my one and only official goal for 2004 is this: To stop treating people the way -I- would want to be treated, and to start treating people the way -THEY- would want to be treated, given the constraints of any situation.
OH! And my one other not so official goal (besides the usual loose a dress size thing) is to BE the girl in the short skirt and a loooooonnnnng jacket. Don’t worry, my skirt will be modest. 
Tags: holiday, new years, resolution
January 8th, 2010 at 8:20 am
[...] Years ago I’d resolved to do unto others as they would have me do unto them… to try to anticipate how a person actually wants to be treated and behave accordingly. I don’t think that worked out very well, but I learned from it. I think I did learn to have more compassion and empathy. I also learned that I’m not very good at reading minds. And I learned that some people can always point out what you’ve done wrong: the harder you try to please them, the more critical and even downright cruel they become. [...]