As the New Year approaches, people always talk about their resolutions, primarily what they plan to do. But what about what you plan not to do? I saw a piece on the news about a woman who was encouraging mothers not to volunteer so much! Horrors! Seems like a very non-PC thing to say, but what with PTA, non-profits, religious and other volunteer organizations, people are finding less time for their themselves, family and friends.
So I don’t want to know what you plan to do in the New Year... what are you not going to do, so you have more time for you?
Elliott Forrest is currently the weekend morning host on WQXR. Since his return to WQXR in 2002, he has hosted and produced live events from Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl and The Jerome L. Greene Space, among others.
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off topic....but please identify the theme music at the end of the Monday night Chamber Music Society program. Thanks.
Yes, I heard the end of that last song. It did sound weird.
Saying "no" is hard. Especially after reveling in the glorious exhaustion of saying yes to a cause that you very well know was worthwhile.
This year I am saying "no" to participating in our Christmas Eve music. I will wake up on Christmas Day with the bittersweet memory of not singing with my fellow musicians. Yet I will enjoy being with my family, especially my son who is home from college.
To everything there is a season......
This topic has very much been on my mind. Last year, I just said "no" to meat after watching Food Inc., but being the carnivore I am, I'm going to have to go back to my bloodthirsty ways. Trying to think of something else to say no to ... it's actually an easier way to modify behavior: to say "I won't" rather than to say "I will" on Jan. 1st.
Just as we all like to believe that deep down inside, we all have a secret poet, Mr. Forrest awakens in all of us our secret accountant!
Well Elliott, I'm NOT going to think about what I DON'T like....and I'll focus my attention on what I DO like. ( Like Midge Woolsey's lips!)
I'm just going to try to say no more often. We'll see if that works.
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