New Year's resolutions

Sitting around the table eating breakfast yesterday morning...

Ellen: So, what are your New Year's resolutions?
Chad: I don't believe in resolutions. They don't work.
Ellen: [sigh] Think of a resolution as something you want to do more or less of for whatever reason.
Chad: In that case, I want to eat better and work out more. That's my resolution at the beginning of every week. And I'm starting on Monday.

Fair enough, I thought. Here are mine:

• Get to the gym more consistently
• Find a church we really like, or get more involved with our current church
• Be more decisive
  
• Cut out the clutter--both physical and figurative
  
• Plan more meals at home instead of the current default option of going out to dinner
  
• Decrease utility bills by ten percent (a good suggestion from a Suze Orman column I read)
  
• Keep the cell phone charged
• Read or listen to a new book every month

I figure if I posted these resolutions for enough people to see that maybe I'd be more likely to keep them. If not, at least it will give us all a good laugh on December 31, 2009.