I was venturing on my mother's computer only to see on her homepage this as one of her Quotes of the Day "It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong."- GK Chesterton

I thought this great food for thought.

Also to clarify my last entry. I finished reading the Painted Veil and am still reading Wuthering Heights as it is the pick of the month for my book club.

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I have a certain dislike for New Year's Resolutions. The idea behind them are good. People think a New Year a New Me, while sometimes they work, I don't know anyone personally who can say I have significantly made a positive change in my life and it's all because I decided in the year _____ I decided to give _______ up. This is not to say I don't know people who have kept their New Year's Resolution. The only one I can think of off the top of my head was to not eat hamburgers until the end of the school year in May. My friend accomplished this I even went with this person after finals for a burger and we even took a picture, but my friend did not even give up hamburgers for a whole year and it was not a change that was made for life. I think resolutions are a great testament that change can be made but I think for it to be attainable in the instance of telling yourself you can't have something, it's more attainable if there is a limit to the limitation. Can't live without a hamburger forever? Well just prove to yourself you can go without it for 4 and a half months.

I do not have a New Year's Resolution, it's a label that I dislike and sometimes I think it is the perfect way to set yourself up for failure if you want to make a prolonged change in your life. I have a Live Better List, this has been in the works for a while I have a little book that I started writing in last May it has quotations I like, Things I'd like to do Before I Die, Things I Wish For, it goes on it's like the everything book. I even have a page of all the states that I have visited and all the countries. Well without looking at my book, I thought of changes I want to make now, what can I do to eat better, so here is my list it's 9 things and I would like to make it an even 10 but for now I leave it open after all a life with change also needs some room for flexibility. These are not even rules some of them aspirations some of them reminders, they are simply what I want to accomplish at this time to make my life better now.

-Eat Well - remember mistakes are made but pick yourself back up immediately and keep going
-60 minutes of physical activity per day- this excludes activity at work or walking to and from school
-Stop procrastinating- get tasks done for school in a timely manner
-Practice daily @ least 15 minutes per day with a piano if possible
-Live within my means
-Be Positive, everyone makes mistakes
-Sometimes the best reward is a fit body and a sound mind, so don't focus on material rewards
-Grow Spiritually
-Read!!! Keep the mind active
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All of these are equally important for me and I will see if I can get myself out of this ditch