Author Guest Post: Reflections on Resolutions by Tamara Hart Heiner

Posted on January 26, 2011 · 6 Comments

Reflections on Resolutions
by Tamara Hart Heiner

On December 31, close to midnight, millions of us all over the world celebrate the coming new year. It’s more than an opportunity to dance, sing, cheer, or eat more holiday food. It’s the commemoration of another chance. One more year to try again. A rebirth.
Generally, as human beings, we like things to have an end date and a start date. “I’m starting my diet on Monday.” Why? Why can’t we start it on Wednesday, the day we conceived the idea? “I’ll start writing in my journal after I turn fifteen.” It’s like we have to prepare ourselves, gear ourselves up. Spontaneity just doesn’t work well.
And so for most of us, we spend December thinking about what our resolutions will be. What did we not accomplish? Are we who we want to be? What goals can we set?
We make those goals, we write them down, we announce them to friends and family, we BIND ourselves to them. But we don’t start. No sir. Not until January 1. The new year. The new you.
According to Time magazine, “65% of people who made a resolution in 2008 kept their promise for at least part of the year, 35% never even made it out of the gate.”  That means that most people fail in their resolutions. It means that 1/3 of us never even start.
We’re nearing the end of January, and I think a good way to keep our resolutions is to evaluate monthly. Remind ourselves. And most importantly, start again. So you swore off Taco Bell after midnight, and you already failed. So what? Are you going to wait 11 months to try again?  Just renew your resolution. Didn’t go the gym for two weeks? Do it now. Already ruined your ideal of waking up at 6am every day? Buy a new alarm clock.
I think the biggest key to resolutions is RECOGNIZING why we made the resolution and NOT LETTING OURSELVES GIVE UP. It’s far easier to say, “oh well, I tried,” and let it go than it is to say, “I didn’t get it right but I’m going to keep trying.” And it must be important to you, or you wouldn’t have made it a resolution. So don’t give up. Make it happen. You’ll be proud of yourself.

Brief Bio:

Tamara Hart Heiner lives in Bella Vista, Arkansas with her husband and three children. She recently published a young adult novel, Perilous, a landmark achievement since she wrote the novel when she was 13. She’s currently working on the sequel, which she expects to be much better since she’s slightly older now. She can often be found haunting the internet at her blog, tamarahartheiner.blogspot.com.

About the Book:

Perilous
Genre:  YA Fiction
Publication Date:  November 2010
Publisher:  WiDo Publishing

Jaci Rivera has plans for her sophomore year: go to regionals with the track team, make the honor roll, and eat too much pizza with her best friends, Callie and Sara. Her biggest concern is Amanda, the pushy girl who moved in a few months ago.

What she doesn’t plan for is catching a robber red-handed, or being kidnapped. The desperate thief drags her and her friends 2,000 miles across the Canadian border. They escape from his lair, only to find that he has spies and agents watching their path home, waiting to intercept them and take them back.

Then Jaci finds something out about her family. Something which irrevocably connects her to their kidnapper, and makes her question their chances of escape.

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Comments

  1. MyBookishWays says:
    January 26, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    Great post! This looks really good!

    Reply
  2. crazybookblog says:
    January 26, 2011 at 4:08 pm

    Thanks!  Do you have any questions for the author?

    Reply
  3. MyBookishWays says:
    January 26, 2011 at 4:42 pm

    I actually do!
    Tamara-Are there any particular resolutions that you're determined to keep this year?

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  4. Suko says:
    January 26, 2011 at 6:04 pm

    Excellent and inspirational guest post!

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  5. @tamaraheiner says:
    January 26, 2011 at 8:04 pm

    Hi, MyBookishWays!

    Thanks for asking! Yes, there are! I'm determined to read the New Testament this year. I'm also determined to lose 15 pounds–preferably 20. It's baby weight, but still, I want it gone.

    How about yourself?

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  6. @tamaraheiner says:
    January 26, 2011 at 8:04 pm

    Thanks for letting me do this!

    Reply

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