Brookfield/Elm Grove Monthly
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JANUARY 2013 Freeman Brookfield & Elm Grove ��� Page 3A Local leaders share 2013 New Year���s resolutions Personally, Ponto said he resolves to appreciate good health and to make an effort to enhance his own health and that of his family in the coming year. By Kirsten Klahn Special to The Freeman Steve Ponto, Brookfield mayor As a government official, Ponto said one of his New Year resolutions is to keep the Serenity Prayer of Reinhold Niebuhr in mind as he faces public issues in 2013. Ponto states the prayer thusly: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. For the city of Brookfield, Ponto said he hopes to build on community events in 2013, such as the German holiday tree lighting. Daniel Ertl, Brookfield community development director Ertl said his personal resolution for the New Year is to have a winter filled with snow for skiing. His resolution for the community is that residents count their blessings with the quality of life Brookfield provides, such as safe admires, work harder, help more Helen Shiely, president people and always stay true to herand pleasant neighborhoods, of the Elm Grove access to employment, solid educa- self. Community Foundation tional opportunities and recre���I always pray that God will help ational activities. Shiely���s resolution is to continue me be the best Mary Inden I can informing people of the foundabe, ���cause I can���t be anyone else,��� tion���s latest project, Sitting Pretty, Mary Inden, president she said. which creates one-ofof the Elm Grove a-kind benches for Edell Schaefer, director of businesses in downBusiness Association Brookfield library services town Elm Grove in Mary Inden said she hopes to an effort to enhance Schaefer said that after the bring as much ener. events of 2012, her resolution is to the community gy and organization The continued suchelp in any way she can to achieve as possible to the cess of the project, peace throughout the world. association and as well as its growth, increase interest in is what she wants 2013 to bring. Schaefer���s resolution for the Elm Grove as a Shiely would also like to raise Brookfield Library is to help get unique community . patrons familiar with the library���s enough money to buy seasonal new automation system so they���ll decorations for the 30 new light Her personal resoposts recently installed in downget the most out of their library lution is to emulate people she town Elm Grove. visits. Tired of New Year���s resolutions? Try a bucket list that weight doesn���t come off in the first month, they become It���s the start of a new year, and discouraged.��� for many, the start of a new list of Wright explained that if the person were to resolutions. But when nearly 40 reframe that resolution percent of all New Year���s resolutions are broken before the end of to lose weight by first setting an intention the month, setting a resolution can feel a little like setting oneself such as, ���I want to be up for failure before the ball drops healthier and feel more comfortable in my in Times Square. clothing,��� they would ���When we normally think of be more likely to resolutions, we think of the big achieve the goal things we want to change, and oftentimes it becomes very daunt- because they established the reason ing,��� said Robyn Wright, a certified personal and relationship life behind it. It sounds simple coach based in Waukesha enough. Establish the (www.something-more.com). dream and then break When compared to traditional it down into specific resolutions, bucket lists ��� sometimes referred to as life lists ��� have steps. Unfortunately, it���s not always an easy a looser framework and offer the task. added bonus of teaching people ���Quite often, I find how to dream again. ���The difference between a reso- that adults no longer lution and a bucket list, or life list, have dreams, or know is the difference between a dream how to dream,��� Wright said. ���It���s usually and a goal,��� Wright explained. because of the judg���Life lists, to me, are dreams, or ment we place around intentions. A resolution is a What���s on dreaming or because dream, or that intention, that we we have this false belief then turn into a specific goal.��� In Wright���s opinion, many reso- that a dream has to be big,��� Wright added. lutions are broken because they Holistic life coach Rebecca Scott are not preceded by the intention. (www.rebeccascottlifecoach.com) ���Creating an intention is the sees a similar pattern in her first step toward achieving that clients, which is why she encourgoal. It���s like casting a net,��� she said. ���A lot of people set a resolu- ages the use of bucket lists not just at the start of a new year, but tion like, ���I want to lose 10 pounds,��� and that���s it. Then, when whenever a client needs to hit a By Sara Rae Lancaster Special to The Freeman point in their life when they weren���t so inhibited, that���s the point where they���re able to start dreaming again.��� Scott reiterated Wright���s point that dreams don���t need to be big to be valid. In fact, she encourages her clients to start with smaller dreams. She used the example of trying a new food or restaurant. ���Pick something small, like eating at a new restaurant or trying a new food, then map out the process,��� she said. ���Say ���Here���s where I am now, and here���s where I want to be.��� Then ask yourself, ���What are the steps I need to take to create the road map that takes the item off this list and makes it a reality?������ Starting with the Charles Auer/Freeman Staff smaller items on the your bucket list? bucket list creates a positive chain reaction of forward momentum, ���reset��� button on his or her life. said Scott. ���When we make those ���Bucket lists are all about initismaller steps, we learn that we ating the dream process in peocan set a goal and accomplish it,��� she said. ple���s lives again,��� Scott said. ���As If creating a list of dreams is too we get older, we become more realdifficult, Scott suggests starting istic, and that���s where our ability with another type of bucket list, to dream starts to diminish. If I focused on others. can bring my clients back to a ���There are the self-serving bucket lists that include things like skydiving or traveling to Italy, experiential things,��� Scott explained. ���But then there is the bucket list that is about leaving a mark and influencing other people.��� This might include items such as buying a cup of coffee for a total stranger or paying for groceries of the person in line behind you. Often, the latter list is easier for people to create and achieve. ���So many people are caught up in their day-to-day life that they don���t know how to dream for themselves,��� Scott said, ���But they know how to do good.��� With either type of bucket list there isn���t a deadline ��� at least not one that anyone can foretell or pinpoint with an exact date. ���A bucket list is exactly what it sounds like ��� a list of dreams and things you���d like to do before you ���kick the bucket,������ said Scott. ���You have your whole life to accomplish them, so there is less pressure.��� As 2013 gets underway, any broken resolutions from previous years were likely nothing more than the result of not having all the tools in one���s New Year���s resolution tool kit. ���But also realize there is nothing wrong with experiencing failure with a goal or resolution,��� Wright said, for the lesson learned from failure might turn out to be the year���s biggest accomplishment. 228645006 Capitol Drive at Eighty-fourth St., Milwaukee 414-463-7777 229872002 223063003 Fine Furs of Quality & Distinction www.ugentfurs.com ��� VISIT THE VILLAGE OF ELM GROVE! ��� ��� SHOPPING, DINING AND SO MUCH MORE! ��� 229863004 FREE PIZZA NOW G N ERVI & S EER E B IN W Buy 1 - Get 1 Free Vacation memories begin here! 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