What’s on your “stop doing” list?

part11

As the decade I like to call the twenty-oh’s ends, think what a transformational change we have all witnessed in our culture. We are moving from selling facts to buying benefits. We all know where we are. But I think many of us have forgotten where we were, and just how dramatically things have changed in the last few years. What are you doing different this year? Better yet, what’s on your STOP DOING list?

That’s right, what are you going to STOP doing? We spend so much time thinking how to navigate our lives, why not stop the chaos?

The twenty-oh’s was the digital decade for bubbles. The twenty-teens will be the decade for D.I.Y. busting of the bubbles of life’s chaos. Time to get cracking.

Focus on what you have, not what you’re missing.
-Scott Hull

Read below to see what the rest of our illustrious illustrators have to say on the subject of “what to stop doing” in the New Year:

I’m going to stop making excuses and find more time to make other things. 2010 shall be my year of making, and I will work as hard as I can to branch out and explore!
-Meg Hunt
I’m going to stop underestimating the possibilities.
-Mark Riedy
I want to stop doing anything that doesn’t blend my art with purposeful and meaningful application. I love it when I can use my talents to further influence in a positive way. I want to keep growing and exploring new ways to create great visual pieces and have them have a supportive audience.
-Andrea Eberbach
I am going to stop procrastinating. At least, next month I will take a look at that idea.
-Curtis Parker
I’ll stop making promises I can’t, or don’t want to keep–maybe that’s two things…
-John Maggard
Everything seems to be a risk now-a-days, so I’m preparing to take more creative risks myself. That means 12 months of living in the “No Comfort Zone.”
-Von Glitschka
I believe that it’s the perfect time for me to quit “cold turkey” my habit of doubting everything. So from now on, I will dropkick the doubt, and put trust in its place. The only thing that will stand in between me and my aspirations will be thoughts of bigger, better aspirations.
-Grant Gilliland
What? A “stop doing” list!? All these years I’ve been trying to change my language to positive and pro active, intentional and forward thinking. My Monty Pythonesque ‘bright side’ repertoire, as it were. And now you want me to actually commit to beginning the New Year with a proclamation that has a negative in it?!Can I bring myself to do it?

…Oh alright. Here it is.

“I am going to stop being so difficult”.
-Lorraine Tuson

I think I’m going to stop reading all non-fiction and add some fiction in for fun.
-Penelope Dullaghan
I am going to stop doing the same things over and over again expecting different results.
–Dave Reinbold
I am going to stop waiting for an email. What I mean by this is that I am going to be more proactive instead of reactive. I find myself waiting with bated breath for the next email-based job inquiry. Instead, I am going to work harder at establishing relationships with new customers.
-Lisa Ballard