Long ago, I used to make New Year’s Resolutions, along with friends and co-workers. No examples come to mind, and I certainly have no memory of being spectacularly successful at achieving some goal due to making myself a promise at the beginning of a new calendar year. In 1985, I was introduced to a new way […]

  A recent blog post by Liz Smith of The Connected Life, entitled My Happiness Comes from Me, prompted me to take an action. Rather than simply making the promise to myself, I chose to send Liz a note in the comment section of her post. I wanted her to witness my promise to do something new. […]