A Challenge with Good Intentions

  • posted by: Kelly Jo
  • posted in: Challenges
  • on: January 1, 2010

I shared that I am not one to make New Year’s resolutions in the traditional meaning of the word.  Resolutions are often broken and bring negative feelings of failure that overshadow the spirit in which the resolution was made in the first place.  No, I don’t have any ‘resolutions’ this year.  This year, I want to look at my intentions and add fulfillment to my life.  I want to enrich my family life, my physical well being and my Fisk-a-Passion.

There are fine things which you mean to do some day, under what you think will be more favorable circumstances. But the only time that is surely yours is the present, hence this is the time to speak the word of appreciation and sympathy, to do the generous deed, to forgive the fault of a thoughtless friend, to sacrifice self a little more for others. Today is the day in which to express your noblest qualities of mind and heart, to do at least one worthy thing which you have long postponed, and to use your God-given abilities for the enrichment of someone less fortunate. Today you can make your life - significant and worthwhile. The present is yours to do with as you will.  Quote by Grenville Kleiser.

I like this quote. It is perhaps a little too idealistic about the way that one lives her life, but it is a good instruction about how one can live her life… with something of good intention everyday.  How will I define ‘good intentions’?  The way I look at it, I have 365 chances to define my good intentions.  And that Is a positive thing!

Some people like to start a new year off with something new to help them with their new goal.  Maybe a new journal, perhaps a gym membership or new sneakers, maybe even a new orange toothbrush (thanks, Betsy!).  But how would You like to start off the new year with a brand new trimmer?

Here’s my challenge.  Create a scrapbook page about your intentions for 2010.  How You define Your intentions is completely up to You.  It could be a goal of something that You want to accomplish.  Or it can just be an intention to live a certain way.

Upload Your scrapbook page to the Fiskateer gallery and leave a link here.  I will draw a random winner on Monday, January 11th to receive a Fiskars premium crafter’s trimmer.

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Just a little something to help You out if one of your intentions for 2010 happens to be to craft more!

I look forward to seeing all Your layouts.  Thanks for sharing.

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18 Responses to “A Challenge with Good Intentions”

  1. Susie #6652 says:

    January 1st, 2010 at 11:42 pm

    What a fabulous quote….I will have to write that down to have more at hand….thanks for the words of wisdom to ponder and create with…..

  2. Betsy #2572 says:

    January 1st, 2010 at 11:43 pm

    KJ glad you liked the toothbrush!! I am going to try to focus on my blessings this year. I am challenging myself to do a LO each month about my blessings….

    here is the cover to my album
    http://www.fiskateers.com/community/photo/52247/

  3. Donna says:

    January 2nd, 2010 at 12:49 am

    Well - I was waiting for my video - there seems to be a glitch somehow…I want to do 365 pages this year! I am excited!!

  4. Donna says:

    January 2nd, 2010 at 1:05 am

    I like the idea of good intentions, with the hope of good follow through.

  5. Michelle 3624 says:

    January 2nd, 2010 at 1:22 am

    What a great quote Kelly Jo and a wonderful challenge!

  6. Linda 4949 says:

    January 2nd, 2010 at 9:32 am

    Great quote, great challenge!! Although I probably won’t be able to participate, thanks to my ongoing bout with sciatica, good luck to everyone that takes the challenge!!

  7. debra#5116 says:

    January 2nd, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    what a great Challenge. And one that will get me thinking.Thanks for chance and getting me on my toes to make some postive changes.

  8. Glenda says:

    January 3rd, 2010 at 4:44 pm

    Here is my New Year resolution.
    http://www.fiskateers.com/community/photo/52311/

  9. Stephanie #3584 says:

    January 3rd, 2010 at 9:14 pm

    what a great idea. I don’t do New Year resolutions either, but everyday try to be who God would have me to be, so I guess maybe I have a New Day resolution everyday. :)

  10. Jacquie says:

    January 4th, 2010 at 2:01 pm

    Hmmm I like this challenge, I will have to say my word for the year is “Faith” to become more Christ like in all I do

  11. Pinky #3405 says:

    January 5th, 2010 at 2:12 pm

    My intention this year is to scrap it all! And to help others who want to do the same.
    Be inspired and hopefully inspire.
    Here is my layout!
    http://www.fiskateers.com/community/photo/52368

  12. Carol Westover says:

    January 5th, 2010 at 5:57 pm

    My goal is to lose weight and to work on my ability to stay in the now. I plan on doing more meditations than I have in the past, and I’ll try to exercise to help with the first goal. I’ve ignored my weight and health for too long and hope it’s not too late to recover some flexibility in my body.
    I love Fiskars and crafting because they keep me from eating irresponsibly!!

  13. Melissa Cook says:

    January 7th, 2010 at 10:35 pm

    Yeah I did this one today!
    http://www.fiskateers.com/community/photo/52454/

  14. Shannon White #6394 says:

    January 8th, 2010 at 6:47 am

    Thanks Kelly Jo for the invite! here is my layout

    http://www.fiskateers.com/community/photo/52452/

  15. Chrisitne C #2264 says:

    January 9th, 2010 at 2:01 am

    here is a layout I made on my resolutions - I plan to put this as the titlepage on a 8×8 album and complete a layout each month tracking how I am doing.
    http://www.fiskateers.com/community/photo/52489/
    Thanks for looking.

  16. Laurie D. #6304 says:

    January 9th, 2010 at 2:07 pm

    Hi Kelly Jo. I too do not like to make resolutions I can’t keep. Instead this year I made a list of small projects around the house with the month I intend to accomplish each. This month is finish organizing my craft room, (and I am almost done) I also want to try to become more creative with my scrap book pages.Here is a page I created this morning. Last fall I took a trip with my mom and aunts to the Amish country in PA. the girls are 78, 90, and 84.

  17. maryannehoekman5271 says:

    January 10th, 2010 at 7:26 pm

    Here is my layout.. I posted it in 2 pics as the journaling does not show in the first one.

    http://www.fiskateers.com/community/photo/52547/
    http://www.fiskateers.com/community/photo/52548/

    not sure how to make them clickable sorry

    thanks for the challenge kelly jo

  18. Veronica Noechel says:

    January 10th, 2010 at 10:51 pm

    Here’s mine!
    http://www.fiskateers.com/community/photo/52550/

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