“A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.” Tomorrow is the first day of the new year. Each of us will wake up with new resolve, kissing 2010 goodbye and making way for
“A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year
and out the other.”
Tomorrow is the first day of the new year. Each of us will wake up
with new resolve, kissing 2010 goodbye and making way for a
healthier and happier year.
“A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.”
Tomorrow is the first day of the new year. Each of us will wake up with new resolve, kissing 2010 goodbye and making way for a healthier and happier year.
We’re going to give up the things that are bad for us, and start doing the things that are good for us. But let’s face it, after a few days, the allure of the new year will wear off and their will be little self-transformation.
Last New Year’s, my resolution was to stay away from junk food. By 7 a.m. on Jan. 1, I had already double dipped into the candy bowl at my work.
The year before that, I vowed to open a secondary savings account, which would be used to fund my European backpacking trip. To date, that account has $90.46 in it. There was also that half-marathon I was going to run, the volunteer work I planned on doing and that cooking class I was going to enroll in.
This year, my New Year’s resolution is not to be caught up with New Year’s resolutions.
The holidays are loaded with too much food, too much stress and too many unrealistic expectations.
Then when Jan. 1 rolls around, we make vague resolutions. I hear my friends state that they’ll get organized or save money.
What does that really mean? Label everything in my household? Start a swear jar?
Instead of New Year’s resolutions, I’m making year-round resolutions — why should self-improvement start Jan. 1?
Here are a few of my year-round resolutions:
• I resolve to follow the golden rule, and treat others the way I want to be treated, and treat myself that way, too.
• I resolve to put away five percent of my paycheck, so I can eventually go on that backpacking trip through Europe. If I have to dip into those funds to repair the clinking sound in my exhaust pipe, that’s OK, too.
• I resolve to silence my inner critic. There’s not enough room in my life for negative thoughts and self-doubt.
• I resolve to be aware of how my actions impact the environment. It’s wasteful to drive my car to a sandwich shop across the street, even if it is storming outside.
• Finally, I resolve to cut back on bad reality television. There is an infinite number of things I can do with my time instead of watching back-to-back episodes of “Bridalplasty.”
For those who will be making New Year’s resolutions tonight, good luck and I hope you stick with them. Just remember, it’s OK if you fall flat on your face. It doesn’t mean you failed, it just means you are human.
