Are resolutions like birthday wishes?

Are New Year's resolutions like birthday wishes in that if you tell someone about them then they won't come true?

If so, I vow to do the following in 2013 (in no particular order):

* gain weight
* lose hair
* travel less for leisure
* read less
* laugh less
* hug less
* cry more/less (depends on situation)
* write less
* disappoint my wife
* disappoint my kids
* watch fewer movies
* listen to less music
* sing less in the shower
* exercise less
* not sell any of my writing
* lose my sense of humor
* lose my sense of passion
* become less spiritual
* not win an Oscar
* not win an Emmy
* not win a Grammy
* not win a Tony
* not win a Pulitzer
* not win a Nobel Peace Prize
* not win the Heisman (hey, a kid can't dream, right?)
* not make it to an ocean
* not see any mountains
* see less of my family
* see less of my friends
* see my favorite sports teams draft really high
* see my favorite sports teams underachieve
* see Minnesota's Rose Bowl drought continue
* text more
* make no new friends
* lose many old/long-time friends
* make more emergency doctor visits
* not visit an art museum
* not see a Broadway play
* not listen to the opinions of others
* not learn from others
* see newspapers disappear
* see books disappear
* see more gun violence
* see more reality TV shows about pageant moms
* not learn from my mistakes
* become more forgetful
* face the fact that getting old sucks/rocks...that last one depends on my mood at the time.

This list is going to be a fluid thing until the clock strikes 12:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013.

Stay tuned.