Happy New Year y’all!
Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. Mine was pretty good I have to say. Christmas with my in-laws and New Year’s with my parents.
Of course one of the topics of conversation was resolutions – the New Year wouldn’t be complete without them, hm? So, I thought about what I wanted to accomplish in 2009 and decided they weren’t actually resolutions, but rather promises to me.
What I learned about myself was that if I set myself up for very specific resolutions, I tended not to achieve them. So my promises are a bit wider and allow me to keep the promise without feeling like a failure – a common occurrence with resolutions for me.
2009 Promises by Beth
- Write every day, even if it’s only 5 words
- Read more
- Exercise regularly
- Keep away from foods I shouldn’t eat (food allergies)
- Be happy
Not an extensive list but promises I intend to keep, or I will be the one disappointed. What do you think? Promises or resolutions?
They definitely sound like doable promises to me. Good luck and Happy New Year!
My list is longer! Always is. Some of it I do, some of it (especially the dieting goals) get deep-sixed before the end of January! 🙂
Promises sound so much better than resolutions. I see resolution and automatically think of something that will fail. Maybe I’ll make a list of promises for the coming year.
I think right now I will promise to go make some fresh coffee. 😉
Karin – Thanks! Happy New Year to you too!
Delilah – Hm, yeah the dieting goals. *sigh* This year I have some help from my doctor and a firm promise to myself. God knows if that will work. LOL.
Brandy – LMAO – good promise!
I don’t have any resolutions. LOl I never keep them, so I’m just setting goals. Not sure if thats a big distinction to anyone else but me..but it works for me, and that’s all that counts. *grin*