Setting intentions

The problem with most resolutions is that they are vague ideals:  to lose weight, to make more money, to fall in love, to do better at cleaning the house.  What we call resolutions aren’t really a course of action or a plan.  What we call resolutions are more often just pie in the sky hopes.  And while hoping and dreaming are very important in their own right, without a set of objectives to reach the goal, they are often in vain, without coming to fruition.