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Resolution for the Future

Resolution For The Future

Well, it’s that time again! New Year resolutions abound and the top ones – still – are weight loss, fitness, quit smoking, or quit drinking.

My husband doesn’t like to make New Year resolutions, he says it’s just another day and we should be able to make any change at any time. True, if I was as disciplined as he is.

To me New Years is a fresh start, a clean slate if you will. It’s our chance to face the future and make commitments to change, to be better than we were last year. It is a stake in the ground and a point in time to enable us to gauge our success as well as our failures.

It’s a time of reflection of the past year – what went right, what went wrong, how can I improve and do it better or differently to achieve the goals that I’ve set? I’ve long given up on more than three resolutions. I try to focus on one and work hard to achieve it, and then work on the next. This year I’m focusing on health first. Specifically to reduce my weight, increase good organic foods and reduce if not eliminate unhealthy food from my diet. When I feel I have this under control, then I will decide which goal to tackle next. This keeps me from getting overwhelmed and keeps me focused.

What do you do to keep on track with your New Year’s resolutions?

Posted by Anne Marie on Jan 04, 2010 print article e-mail to a friend
  • http://www.frugal-mama.com Amy @ Frugal Mama

    I like the idea of three resolutions, and yours sound enticing. I bet they will work hand-in-hand.

    I’ve never been good about resolutions, but this year I want to try just one: to be more positive in my language. Instead of saying, I don’t want this, I’ll say I want this. The “I don’t want, I don’t like” part usually involves a negative description of something that someone else might actually like or value.

    I think the message can be clearly expressed without specifying the other (negative) side of the coin. At least I hope so, and I’m going to try my best to put that into practice. I think it might also end up making me more open-minded to other viewpoints.

    Maybe — like you say — if I get on track with this, I can tackle something bigger.

  • http://getbuttonedup.com annemarie

    Amy – I like the positive neural linguistics resolution. A couple of years ago I resolved to stope myself when asked to do something -my first impulse was to say ‘no’ – now I stop and really consider the request. I made a conscious effort to say ‘yes’ and it’s made all the difference! I like the positive speak – I’m going to give that a try – instead of losing weight – I’m gaining a figure!- AMF

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