Hindered Resolutions

You’ve created a list of New Year’s resolutions for the coming, and you’re feeling great about them: They’re helpful, practical, attainable and varied enough in their required time commitments that you’re certain you can knock them all out within the first half of the year. But each time you try to tackle one, something unfortunate seems to get in your way. How do you adapt?

Happy New Year, prompters! Here's hoping all of your resolutions are met.

Writing Prompt: Hindered Resolutions

Writing as yourself or a character, respond to the following prompt:

You've created a list of New Year's resolutions for the coming, and you're feeling great about them: They're helpful, practical, attainable and varied enough in their required time commitments that you're certain you can knock them all out within the first half of the year. But each time you try to tackle one, something unfortunate seems to get in your way. How do you adapt?

Jess Zafarris is the Executive Director of Marketing & Communications for Gotham Ghostwriters and the former Digital Content Director for Writer’s Digest. Her eight years of experience in digital and print content direction include such roles as editor-in-chief of HOW Design magazine and online content director of HOW and PRINT magazine, as well as writing for the Denver Business Journal, ABC News, and the Memphis Commercial Appeal. She spends much of her spare time researching curious word histories and writing about them at UselessEtymology.com. Follow her at @jesszafarris or @uselessety on Twitter.