I haven't made a New Year's Resolution in a very long time. Why? Well, because I never kept them anyway and after a while making them seemed like a moot point. This year, however, I've been doing a lot of thinking and there are some things I know I want to change. So, I'm making resolutions.
Now, before I get to them let me tell you this. I have been thinking about these things for a very long time and in that thinking time I've also done some research. Having done so, I feel like I'm coming to the plate, so to speak, more prepared for success than I have ever been before. My first resolution came to me over the past year as I watched the news and started to see a pattern of indifference and apathy to just how unkind the world has become. There have been a series of hate related crimes, crimes against women and children, mass murders, and terrorist attacks all perpetrated out of shear hatred and evil. Then there was the more "dormant" hatred, if you will, that was let loose during our last election. I've never seen, heard or read such heated, hate-filled, diatribes from one political party to the next. It all added up, for me, into a very concerning time. Where is the kindness in our world? So, my first New Year's resolution is...
To do a single act of kindness every single week.
That's 52 acts of kindness on my part. If everyone did that, wow, what a great place this would be! I thought a lot about this. At first I thought I could do one every day! Sounded great! But after thinking it out more I realized that this was setting me up to fail. Even in the course of my mundane life, some days do get hectic and then I would forget and then I would feel bad and then I would give up. That's how I am. But once per week? That I can manage. Completely doable. I'm making a list of preplanned kind things to do but I'm also going to be on the look out for other kind acts that happen spontaneously.
My second resolution is of a more personal sort. It's something I've struggled with life long, had some success and then went right back to how I was before. Being a woman of my age it is never more important that I tackle this thing once and for all, and that I do it in the right way for the right reasons. I'm talking about my weight. I am pleasingly plump, fluffier than most, curvy, roundish, flubatious - in other words, I am fat. I have been my while life. I weighed over 10 pounds at birth so when I say my whole life, I mean it! I've always been the chubby kid in school and also the tallest! I hit 6 ft in the 7th grade. So, I am a big person. Knowing this, I'm not trying to slim down to look like a supermodel. No, what I need is to lose weight to maintain my health. Now, having said that my health is surprisingly good for someone my size. I have no diabetes, no high blood pressure! But I have minor arthritis in my knees and lower back and I know that losing some of this weight will help that immensely. So, my second resolution is....
To eat more healthily and to exercise at least three times per week.
Again, completely doable. I've been researching this as well and have a slew of healthy recipes to try. I also have a killer treadmill in my bedroom that will be used a lot this year. My goal is to lose a few pounds and tone up a bit. I'm not setting a weight loss goal because every time I've done that I became some overly obsessed nut job that couldn't maintain it. Nope, I just want to feel better and so I shall.
That's it. Those are my resolutions. I imagine I'll be writing about them from time to time and though I know sometimes I'll be writing about my frustrations with them, I hope I'm writing more about my successes!
Happy New Year!
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