New Year’s resolutions are doomed to fail. That’s because they’re usually said without conviction, in too general terms and often under the influence of alcohol. The best resolution for 2008 would be just to expand your world, embracing the Do Something Different philosophy that underlies Sheconomics (and it’s sister the No Diet Diet). It just involves a resolution to make a small, achievable change every day.

So if you like…. You could try…..

Fiction............... Non-fiction
Running............... Walking
City............... Country
New............... Second-hand
Listening............... Talking
Thinking ............... Chilling
Serious............... Trivia
Noise............... Silence
Brilliance............... Candle-light
Attention ............... Being in the background
Home............... Exploring
Safety............... Risk-taking
Hoarding............... De-cluttering
Buying............... Giving away
Secrets............... Revealing
Boozing............... Juicing
Bingeing............... Nibbling
Arguing............... Agreeing
Cuddling............... Being cuddled
Moaning ............... Smiling
Pessimism ............... Optimism
Colour............... Black & white
Neat ............... Rough
Tradition ............... Radicalism

We’re perhaps all too guilty of retreating into our comfort zones and, by definition, into ourselves. And people who are wrapped up in themselves, says A C Grayling (my current guru!) make very small packages.
Here’s to an expanded self and bigger worlds in 2008.