Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Five tips to help you keep your resolution.
Are you making a resolution this year? Do you want to lose weight, gain a new skill or organize your house? Whatever your resolution is, here are some tips to help you stick to it throughout the year. 1. Make it attainable. Be sure that your resolution is attainable. Sticking to your monthly budget is attainable—making a million dollars may not be. 2. Tell everyone. If you tell everyone about your resolution, you are more likely to keep it. If you want to quit smoking, you can even go as far as telling your friends that you'll give them $50 if they catch you lighting up. 3. Be specific. If you want to get fit in the new year, set a specific goal. For example, instead of saying you want to get fit, say you want to lose 10 pounds and tone …
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Share your New Year's resolutions with the Patch community.
My New Year's Resolution is to smile at everyone I see - yes, EVERYONE. I've been practicing the month of December and found that it's harder than you may think. That means as I walk down the aisles of the grocery store, I must remember to smile at every passerby. This resolution forces me to constantly remind myself to be conscience about not letting life distract me from the important things in life such as smiling at a stranger. For me it doesn't take much to force the corners of my lips to curve up as I walk past someone, but that small gesture may mean much more to a perfect stranger. Hopefully, my little social experiment will positively impact at least one person in the world, whether it's a friendly face during a bad day or …
Saturday, December 31, 2011
As the Editor of the Shelby-Utica Patch, I want to thank the community for helping me make the site a success. Now, here's a list of my Top 10 Most Memorable Moments with Patch.
While it's been just over a year since I launched the Shelby-Utica Patch, Dec. 23 to be exact, I have met so many wonderful people, covered great triumphs for our little Macomb County jewels and had a blast doing it. I have tackled so many issues in the past year from the rollercoaster ride of Shelby Township politics to literally a rollercoaster ride down one of the world's largest inflatable slides at Stony Creek. As a journalist and editor, there are just some stories that I have to run to get information out to the public because that's my job. But then, there are those stories that get me so excited I can't stop talking about it to my friends and family and for whatever reason—be it fun, or the experience of meeting an incredible …
Marina Cracchiolo
12:59 pm on Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thank you Erin for sharing your incredible strength and journey of motherhood. Happy New Year! more ›