Marilyn Monroe's New Year's Resolutions from 1955 May Inspire Your Own Goal-Setting

Throughout the years, New Year's Day has been a time of goal-setting; reflecting on the past year and making plans to improve in the next. Although most resolutions aren't followed through, there's still nothing wrong with setting goals and trying to improve.

Today, I stumbled across an article from the New York Daily News about Marilyn Monroe's resolutions from 1955.

Here's her list:

• Go to class - my own always - without fail

• Go as often as possible to observe Strassberg's other private classes

• Never miss actor's studio sessions

• Work whenever possible - on class assignments - and always keep working on the acting exercises

• Start attending Clurman lectures - also Lee Strassberg's directors lectures at theater wing - enquire about both

• Keep looking around me - only much more so - observing but not only myself but others and everything - take things for what they are worth

• Must make strong effort to work on current problems and phobias that out of my past has arisen - making much much much more more more more more effort in my analysis. And be there always on time - no excuses for being ever late.

• If possible - take at least one class at university in literature

• Follow RCA thing through.

• Try to find someone to take dancing from - body work (creative)

• Take care of my instrument - personally & bodily (exercise)

• Try to enjoy myself when I can - I'll be miserable enough as it is.

Although Monroe's list ends on a depressing note, there are a lot of good goals in here.

My personal favorite is "Keep looking around me - only much more so - observing but not only myself but others and everything - take things for what they are worth"

As a daydreaming introvert, it can be so easy to tune the world out. I have no trouble seeing potential in older buildings or inanimate objects, but I don't always see people the way God does. Taking the time to see people for what they are worth is so important. When Jesus was on earth, He paid attention to people. He went to the least of these and showed His love and healing.

After reading this article, I've made my own resolutions for 2018:

• Focus on seeing people through God's eyes

• Blog more consistently

• Work on creating more podcast content

• Continue to work hard at school and work

• Take more time for personal care and exercise (I also liked this one on Marilyn Monroe's list)

• Stop comparing myself to others and have a better body image

What is your favorite goal from Marilyn Monroe's list? What are your own goals for 2018? Please feel free to comment below.

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