by Marty Coleman | Jan 1, 2014 | New Years Resolutions |
I created these at the end of 2012 and am presenting them again at the beginning of 2014 because they are recurring, never ending resolutions that we can all bet better at but can never fully achieve. Click in the image to go to the original posting with commentary.
Kindness
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Patience
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Diligence
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Humility
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Charity
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Drawings and resolutions by Marty Coleman
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by Marty Coleman | Jan 2, 2012 | Marty Coleman, New Years Resolutions |
Think of all that has happened in the last year. I started speaking at conferences for the first time, three of them to be exact. Over a year ago I submitted a proposal for an exhibition of my photo-collages but hadn’t heard back anything by 1/1/11. Now I am 4 days away from the exhibition’s opening night (Living Arts of Tulsa, Friday, January 6th, 6-9pm). I had one daughter living in Tulsa and one in Seattle. Now I have one in parts unknown and one in Berkeley, CA. Those are just a few things among many. Two of those events I made happen by putting myself out there. My daughter’s life events I had very little control over, watching mainly from the sidelines.
What about you? What happened this year? What happen that you had some control over? What happened you had very little control over?
Stuff is going to happen to you in the next year. Stuff you can’t control and have no say in. But there will be plenty of things that will happen ONLY if you decide to make them happen. Are you going to push to make things happen, believing they can happen if you set your mind to it or are you going to let opportunities pass by, believing you are not able or being fearful of possible bad outcomes?
Will you look back on 1/1/13 and feel you did what you could?
Drawing, commentary and quote by Marty Coleman, a man who likes the funny stuff.
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by Marty Coleman | Jan 1, 2011 | Joey Adams, New Years Resolutions |
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I drew and posted this last year on this day. I like it and it’s been very popular so I could think of no better comment to make than this one again. Have a Happy New 52 Weeks, 365 Days, 8,766 hours, 525,948 minutes and 31,556,926 seconds!
First, a caveat: If you are the type that actually makes resolutions AND sticks to them, then my 2011 blessing is this instead: ‘May your resolutions beat the crap out of your troubles all year long’. But if you are like most of us then this napkin blessing is for you.
Everyone’s life has them. Some are of our own making (more than we would like to admit). Some are due to who we are in relationship with. Some are random accidents and twists of fate. Some are biology and chemistry. Some of you would say it is all God. Some of you will say it isn’t. No matter though, you still must deal with your troubles.
Be it resolved for all of us that we will face them head on in 2011.
- We won’t make excuses
- we won’t hide our head in the sand
- we won’t enable others to continue in their troubles
- We will use our troubles to increase our love. We will use them to increase our understanding, our empathy, our giving, our tenderness.
- We will not use our troubles to build our resentments. We won’t use them to increase our anger, our prejudices, our hatreds, our meanness.
Keep these as your resolutions and they will beat the crap out of any troubles that come your way now and forever.
Quote by Joey Adams, 1911-1999, American Comedian
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by Marty Coleman | Dec 31, 2010 | New Years Resolutions, William Ralph Inge |
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Make your resolve in 2011 to be about what YOU can control. Don’t make a resolution for your husband or wife, your child away at college, your boss, your neighbor or your friend. Resolve to be, change, move, defeat, create, win over, help, build, enlighten and grow yourself. If in that process you save the world, great. If in that process you are just a better mother or father to your baby, then guess what? You have just saved the world as well.
Thanks to my Napkin Kin, my friends who have tuned in over the months and years to see and read what I offer. I appreciate you and your attention a great deal!
I am in the middle of some pretty big blog and business movement right now, (the header above is one indication of that change). Keep an eye out and as always, I would love feedback on my work and ideas, and feedback on what you think I could do to improve this blog for you.
Happy New set of 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,766 hours, 525,948 minutes and 31,556,926 seconds.
Marty, The Napkin Dad
Quote by William Ralph Inge, 1860-1954, English author and Anglican Priest
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by Marty Coleman | Dec 30, 2010 | Cavett Robert, New Years Resolutions |
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| Buy this on a Coffee Cup. Give it to a friend who loses heart too easily, or someone with teal colored hair. |
Day #4 of Resolution Week at The Napkin Dad Daily
In this quote it’s obvious that character = discipline.
Although I think of myself as a person of good character, I am not a great self-disciplinarian. I try to focus, to have lists, to have goals and stick to them, to keep moving in one direction for a set amount of time, to plan. And I achieve those things regularly. For about a day. Maybe a week. Then I forget about it. Then I come back to it. Then I forget about it again. Then something else becomes the priority and if I go back to those earlier tasks it would be because I am distracted from my current ones.
You know how diets sell to the same people again and again? I am sort of that way with list makers and project planners. I am too cheap to actually buy any of them, but I get the free versions and think THIS will be the mechanism by which I will become organized! Only it usually doesn’t stick. But who knows, this is a NEW year and I am a year older and wiser so why not try all over again, right?
Hope springs eternal!
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Cavett Robert, 1907-1997, founder of National Speakers Association
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by Marty Coleman | Dec 29, 2010 | Mark Twain, New Years Resolutions |
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I am on the lookout for really old quote books, from America or elsewhere (but in English, regardless). If you have one you want to get rid of, or know of one that would be of interest, let me know, ok? email me at napkindad@martycoleman.com
So, I suppose in this case, intentions are just resolutions set at other times of the year, right?
A friend of mine, Jeanne C. , says she doesn’t make resolutions, she just sets attainable goals. What’s the difference? Feedback please.
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Drawing and questions by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), 1835-1910, American humorist
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by Marty Coleman | Dec 28, 2010 | James Agate, New Years Resolutions |
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It’s day #2 of Resolution Week at The Napkin Dad Daily!
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| Buy this on a Coffee Cup. Give it to a friend who suffers fools better than you do! |
I like this one, and I hope a lot of people take it up as their resolution for the year so they will be more tolerant of me!
Quote by James Agate, 1877-1947, British Diarist and Critic
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by Marty Coleman | Dec 27, 2010 | Anonymous, New Years Resolutions |
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Yep, you guessed it! It’s Resolution Week at The Napkin Dad Daily!
What do you think of resolutions? Do you make them? Do you keep them? What was your best and worst resolutions over the years?
Drawing and questions by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Anonymous
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by Marty Coleman | Jan 3, 2010 | Henry Moore, New Years Resolutions |
This is how you stick to New Years resolutions, breaking them down into new day resolutions.
Seriously think about it. What is your goal? Is it something amorphous like ‘lose weight’ or ‘get organized’ or is it something very specific like ‘calling my mother every Saturday’ or ‘cleaning out my attic’.
Specific is better of course, but either way, you still need to break it down into parts. You can’t make every Saturday call on one Saturday, you are very unlikely to clean out and organize an attic in one day.
What part of your goal can you plan and do today? This week? Next Saturday? Break it down and guess what, it will appear more manageable and more interesting to tackle.
Drawing and commentary © Marty Coleman
“I think in terms of the day’s resolutions, not the years'” – Henry Moore, 1898-1986, English Sculptor
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by Marty Coleman | Jan 1, 2010 | Joey Adams, New Years Resolutions |
First, a caveat: If you are the type that actually makes resolutions AND sticks to them, then my 2010 blessing is this instead: ‘May your resolutions beat the crap out of your troubles all year long’. But if you are like most of us then this napkin blessing is for you.
Everyone’s life has them. Some are of our own making (more than we would like to admit). Some are due to who we are in relationship with. Some are random accidents and twists of fate. Some are biology and chemistry. Some of you would say it is all God. Some of you will say it isn’t. No matter though, you still must deal with your troubles.
Be it resolved for all of us that we will face them head on in 2010.
- We won’t make excuses
- we won’t hide our head in the sand
- we won’t enable others to continue in their troubles
- We will use our troubles to increase our love. We will use them to increase our understanding, our empathy, our giving, our tenderness.
- We will not use our troubles to build our resentments. We won’t use them to increase our anger, our prejudices, our hatreds, our meanness.
Keep these as your resolutions and they will beat the crap out of any troubles that come your way now and forever.
Drawing and commentary © Marty Coleman“May all your troubles last only as long as your New Year’s resolutions.” – Joey Adams, 1911-1999, American Comedian
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