So you would think that we would all resolve things like...I am going to gain a lot of weight this year! Or I am absolutely NOT going to get skinnier this year. I am going to have a horrendously messy house and NEVER clean it up! If we all did this then once we broke our resolutions at least we could be appeased by being successful at losing weight, cleaning up our homes or whatever the case may be. Instead we make resolutions that are harder to live up to, and give up if we slip even a little.
I thought about resolving not to make a resolution this year...but that would be kind of starting out as a failure from the start.
So what do I want to get out of this upcoming year? Of course I would like to get in better shape and get myself down to a healthier weight...but those are not things I like to use as resolutions. Just the phrase New Year's Resolution wreaks of doom to me. I think that I personally set goals that are too complicated to follow through with. So this year I am going to simplify my resolution, and make it broader.
This year my goal is...to improve. To improve something...whether its my weight, my attitude, my relationships, my life. Improve is going to be my motto this year. So will I get down when I lose my temper and snap at one of my kids? Will I think I have failed? No...I will think to myself...Improve...Do better...Try harder.
What are your goals this year? Impossible dreams? Or improvement...
From Dictionary.com some definitions of Improve are
im·prove /ɪmˈpruv/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[im-proov] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -proved, -prov·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition.
2. to make more useful, profitable, or valuable by enclosure, cultivation, etc.
3. to increase the value of by betterments.
4. to make good use of; turn to account.
5. to increase in value, excellence, etc.; become better.
6. to make improvements, as by revision, addition, or change.
Something to think about.
I thought about resolving not to make a resolution this year...but that would be kind of starting out as a failure from the start.
So what do I want to get out of this upcoming year? Of course I would like to get in better shape and get myself down to a healthier weight...but those are not things I like to use as resolutions. Just the phrase New Year's Resolution wreaks of doom to me. I think that I personally set goals that are too complicated to follow through with. So this year I am going to simplify my resolution, and make it broader.
This year my goal is...to improve. To improve something...whether its my weight, my attitude, my relationships, my life. Improve is going to be my motto this year. So will I get down when I lose my temper and snap at one of my kids? Will I think I have failed? No...I will think to myself...Improve...Do better...Try harder.
What are your goals this year? Impossible dreams? Or improvement...
From Dictionary.com some definitions of Improve are
im·prove /ɪmˈpruv/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[im-proov] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -proved, -prov·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition.
2. to make more useful, profitable, or valuable by enclosure, cultivation, etc.
3. to increase the value of by betterments.
4. to make good use of; turn to account.
5. to increase in value, excellence, etc.; become better.
6. to make improvements, as by revision, addition, or change.
Something to think about.
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I hate new year's resolutions. Most of the time I see these resolutions as a way of putting off what you know you should do now. Of course, if you just thought of changes that you need to make now, then now's the time to do it. Change now, whether it's dec. 31 or July 7, now is the time to make the changes you should. Woah, that was a rant... sorry
Okay, since I am not going to kick the sugar habit anytime soon, or be able to cram ME time in, aka, exercize that does not involve dragging or carring a toddler or running up/down the stairs to see what said toddler did THIS time, I will not be making any resolutions about loosing weight...how about: I resolve to do the dishes at least once a day? Is that a good one?
My resolution is to get a new body. Out with the old, in with the new. Lucky for me this will be an easy task. Braces off this year, new glasses in the next couple of weeks, new boob, and bonus of tummy tuck and lipo in various spots sometime in the fall, but hopefully summer instead. Gotta convince my oncologist first.
Oh yeah, the othe one is to stop eating all of my father in law's homemade fudge.
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