Have you given thought to your New Year’s resolutions yet? How could you not. Everyone is talking about what they will – or need to – do in 2010.

Here’s my list. Steeleworkers unite and hang on to this. Check in periodically and make sure I am on track. That’s what networking and friends are for…

1. Practice yoga every morning,
2. No sugar during the month of January, a crazy pact I made with my friend Liesbeth.
3. Do a ‘verb’ everyday – walk, kayak (thank you Santa), run, water ski or bike.
4. Improve my golf game. Geez.  Did I just really say that? When did I become a golfer?
5. Write the sequel to Rock to the Top now available as a paperback or ebook at iUniverse and soon to be available for the Kindle.  Finally.
6. Help others learn to publish their book with the first in a series of workshops.  It is truly a great adventure.
7. No alcohol on weekdays during January (see the above Liesbeth).
8. Produce a new speech demo.
9. Do the commencement speech at a college graduation ceremony.
10. Learn to use my new kayak.
11. Review sugar and alcohol pact as well as friendship with afore mentioned Liesbeth.  How did she talk me into this pact?
12. See Graceland.  (Memphis meeting planners I’m serious, let’s make a deal.)
13. Figure out more ways to utilize Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc and tie them all together for small business.  I love this stuff.
14. Help publish and market Charlie the Wonder Husband‘s first science-based thriller novel Specific Impulse due in stores, online and on the Amazon Kindle and Sony eReader on March 1, 2010.
15. Be more diligent about reading all three emails a day from HARO.
16. Go to China.
17. Kick www.smartgirlsrock.com into gear.
18. Gather more videos for www.operationnationalanthem.com and do more for the 4-73 Cav on the ground in Afghanistan, the unit our family adopted.
19. Try my best not to get irritated at the TSA at the airport and new on board aircraft regulations. Just keep me safe.  And, come up with a better plan.
20. Love, kiss and hug my husband and boys every chance I get.  Even the teenager.

So, 2010 (and Liesbeth), game is on!

As Peter Shankman tweeted throughout the PepsiCo Trends Conference last night, I couldn’t help but laugh as I saw the “trends” that were emerging from the conversation.  At least from Peter’s perspective.   I had dinner to serve and clean up after, math and science homework to get through and the American Idol results show to watch.  Sometimes I just have to trust Peter to keep me up on things. 

From the conversation taking place, these are the tweets that caught my attention the most: 

Avg woman 5’4 and 167 pounds in America in 2008. Elevators and Toilets in hospitals are all in code violation now. #peptrends.

Lots of messages of Wellness – 50s, 60s, 70s will all be about wellness, embracing maturity. #peptrends

much more willingness to buckle down and be practical (fix chair, not throw it out.) #peptrends

Grandma, Priest, Boss – If either of the three would be offended, DON’T POST IT. #peptrends

These aren’t “trends.” This is how we were all raised or should have been raised by our parents.  And it’s how we should be living our lives and running our businesses each and every day.   And, raising our own kids and conveying to our employees.

Allow me to translate for you:

Watch how much you eat and be sure to exercise

Take care of yourself and others

Don’t spend money you don’t have

Be nice

As we look forward and all work together to find ways to make it through the hard times, remember these “trends” in the good times as well. 

You’ll be well served to listen to your mother…and follow Peter on Twitter!