I Have Something to Say Note from the Editor
New Year Resolutions & Inspiration Boards... why not just a To Do List?
by Susan Violante
E very end of the year we go into planning mode in hopes for a better one. Somehow, we think that by voicing ‘new year resolutions’ and creating vision boards before the last ‘bell dong’ of midnight we will automatically become a disciplined, motivated goal achiever machine. Of course, we don’t and by the end of the new year we are again disappointed in ourselves and go through the same process again. As I prepared to enter 2024 I decided to change my approach and just create a mental ‘to do list’ of some things I wanted to get done this year. I decided to tackle tasks instead of stating goals. So, for my take better care of myself resolution I put down on my list what I needed to do so that I could check them off. My list as of 1/15/2024 looks like this: Change medical Insurance – Done in December 2023 Find a diet plan that I can follow – started Jenny Craig this past weekend Change Dr. and speak to them about my health struggles. – had a visit with my new Dr. the first week of January…etc. I was able to achieve in the beginning of the year 3 resolutions that I have been repeating since 2017. This new task approach for some reason has kept me motivated because they were no longer wishes in my head, they were tasks. They were real things that I needed to get done just like my mundane errands or work daily tasks. I wish you all find what works for you to accomplish all of your dreams in 2024!
Managing Editor Susan Violante
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ABOUT ME Born and raised in Venezuela of Italian immigrants, Susan completed a BA in Political Science and Business Administration before moving to the US . She built a career as a Business Analyst/Accountant, while keeping herself active as a freelance writer in the US; publishing articles, poetry, children’s stories, and illustrations since 1996. She published her first book in 2009, and released her revised edition: Innocent War: Behind An Immigrant’s Past in 2011. Her picture book: Tuma: The Tribe’s Little Princess was published in early 2013 under her own label. Currently, Susan Violante is the Managing Editor/CEO/ Partner of I Have Something to Say Press and Book By Book Publicity, Author, Reviewer, Publicist and Publisher. She resides in Austin, TX with her husband Michel and her dogs, Canela and Karina,
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