11 January 2012

Declaration, Dedication, Intent, Moxie, Perseverence, Purpose, Tenacity

Not being one for New Years resolutions I decided to make some commitments this year (read New Years resolutions). I looked up the word resolution on Thesaurus.com and found many interesting synonyms.
Here is the entry:
Resolution
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: determination, strong will
Synonyms: aim, boldness, constancy, courage, dauntlessness, decidedness, decision, declaration, dedication, doggedness, earnestness, energy, firmness, fixed purpose, fortitude, guts*, heart*, immovability, intent, intention, judgment, mettle, moxie*, obstinacy, perseverance, pluck, purpose, purposefulness, purposiveness, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolve, settlement, sincerity, spirit, spunk, staunchness, staying power, steadfastness, stubbornness, tenacity, verdict, willpower

Just read some of those words and roll them around in your head for a bit. I used my very favorites for the name of this post.


Part of the reason I wanted to blog about this is I would like to be kept accountable for my declaration. I know that bringing a new baby into the house could be used as a fairly legitimate excuse for not sticking with my commitments but I am going to persevere!
My intent this year is to finish all of the craft projects I have ever started and never finished. That includes my youngest sister's high school graduation quilt that she has been waiting for an embarrassingly long time to receive. A quilt I started for myself and (future) husband an even longer time ago (considering I have been married a decade this year and had not even met him when I started it well, that is just sad!) I also have the quilt I started for my first son last year. I have a project of a comforter that has not been started but has been promised to my other sister which I will also add to the list. I am sure there are more things I have laying around to be finished and I am determined to finish them! I plan to use all of the crafting moxie I have to stay dedicated to this commitment. So, dear readers (if you really are out there) please keep me accountable. I will post photo proof to the blog as each project gets finished.
Did any of you make any new declarations this year?

4 comments:

  1. did you finish that quilt in the pictures? it's beautiful!
    also, i like that quote at the top of the page. sounds like me.

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    1. The quotes change so I am not sure which one it would have been but I am glad you enjoyed it. I did NOT make the quilt pictured, it is one from a quilt blog I would like to make in future. We'll see how the commitment goes this year. . .
      BTW, how is yours coming along?

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  2. I met a guy at Trader Joe's recently (Dec 2011) who said he had made a resolution to eat bacon every day for a year, and had kept the resolution. ...ick. Yes I will keep you lovingly reminded about your 'non-resolution' resolution.
    I don't have any resolutions, but I started writing a book New Years Eve and plan to finish it soon. :)

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  3. the quote is "Sometimes I feel like the most liberal person among conservatives, and sometimes like the most conservative among liberals.”
    mine is finished and given as a christmas gift. since i had to do it all by hand, i was reasonable and didn't make a full size bed quilt, only an american girl doll size one. i think i'd be bored of it before i finished if i had to make one big enough for a human bed.
    kudos to you!

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