I don’t think I lasted more than a day with my New Year’s Resolution, but even if I had it would have bitten the dust on Sunday night. That was the night that damn Tebow blew my Steelers’ chance in the Playoffs.
Yep. One of my resolutions was to stop swearing. Although I said a few whispered swear words under my breath throughout the game, I let loose a long, and—I might add—loud string of them in those brief seconds of overtime. Very brief seconds.
Although I read that 88% of New Year’s resolutions fail, it doesn’t make me feel a whole lot better. I admit that my resolution was a bit half-assed anyway. 🙂 I couldn’t think of much that I wanted to change this year.
I’m blessed to have wonderful friends and family. I could stand to lose a few pounds, but I don’t particularly stress about it. I could try harder to quit swearing, but then I’d have to stay off the roads.
Instead of resolutions, I’d rather look at the things I’d like to accomplish and just work toward that goal.
One of those goals is to get one of my books published. I’m not setting an unreasonable time limit on this one though. Just as long as I work toward it, that’s good enough for me.
So, I’d like to share the goals that I’ve reached so far in the first ten days of the month.
- I’ve smiled at strangers for no apparent reason, and most of the time, I get one back.
- I’ve donated eight bags of clothing to charity.
- I’ve spent time with my kids, playing games and trying not to swear when they beat me. 🙂
- I started the Harry Potter series. Finally!
- I’ve renewed contact with old friends.
I certainly don’t want to feel like a failure for the things I couldn’t do. I’d rather feel victorious for the things that I have. I may let some curse words slip out time and time again, but I’ll continue to smile at strangers, and hope that it makes someone’s day better.
If that’s all I do in 2012, I’m happy with that. 🙂
Do yourself a favor. Set reasonable resolutions this year. It sure makes you feel like a winner when you reach them! I don’t look at it as copping out or lowering my standards and expectations. I look at it as giving myself an edge.
Give me a couple reasonable resolutions that you’ve set. I don’t want to hear any hard ones. That just makes me feel like a Big Fat Failure.
Yes, the holidays are around the corner, which means the New Year is almost here and its time to start thinking about resolutions.