There is no specified prompt 9, so I take that to mean prompt 9 is free interpretation. My relative prompt 9:
As a rule, I don't make New Year's Resolutions. Mostly because, as every comic strip in the paper tells us, we as a society don't seem to be very good at keeping them. And I happen to be a part of society. But I do believe in the power of goals. Goals imply forward thinking, and something I like to call being "situationally active." In almost all the situations we find ourselves, improvements can be made. The realization that has been hitting home for me lately is my personal responsibility in the state of my own life. It's incredibly easy to scapegoat all of the inconveniences in our lives on outside factors, but the truth is we almost always have the ability to change our situation. I was pretty good at that a few months ago, but lately I've not taken the time to step back and review my situation. I haven't taken the time to reconnect with myself. There are a lot of things in my life that I would hesitate to call positive attributes, but when I take a close look at them, they are all direct results of my own actions or lack thereof. So my goal over the next few weeks/semester/year is to take the time to be a part of my own life instead of an innocent bystander.
What's your goal?
Monday, December 10, 2007
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