Side track story time: Since I was a little girl my dad has had a sit down my sister and I to talk about our resolutions for the year. He would have us write them down and then see if we were following them through out the year. They were usually things like: don't get into fights with Ashleigh my sister, clean my room, pick up my toys, do the dishes, help mom, feed the dog, work hard in school and volleyball, brush my teeth twice a day, etc. Little things that could be easily accomplished, but what happens? I get into a fight with Ashleigh 4 or 5 days later about borrowing clothes I didn't ask for, my room looks like a bomb went off in it, the dog is still waiting on its food. school is a struggle, I need to get 4 teeth pulled and the list has some how disappeared but then reappears 4 months later...Anyway, back to what I was saying before.
I will admit I am somewhat of a culprit to writing resolutions down and either looking at them for the first month or loosing the list all together. However, some years I have really tried to stick to them, but have come up short. Why? is the big question here. Why do we instinctively make resolutions only to break them a day, a week, a month or more down the road? Why not follow through with what you resolutely want to do? There is a simple answer really...it's because you make resolutions that are RIDICULOUSLY impossible to achieve for any one person. Here is a common resolution among a large portion of the American population: "Work out more/ Get a gym membership and use it/ Eat healthier". I mean honestly, how many people actually go through with it?! Not that many but bravo if you did hang in. If you belong to a gym I would suggest doing home workouts for a week after NYE because I guarantee the gym will be packed. Surely enough, people drop off towards the end of the week claiming they will cut it down to a 3 day a week work out instead of everyday like they originally planed, blah blah blah. Finish what you start, it feels so much better when you do. Quitting or making excuses sucks! Feeling like you have accomplished something is a huge weight off your shoulders and calls for bragging rights (if thats what your in to).
I think I have figured out a way to make resolutions, feel confident about finishing them and to make them rational resolutions. So below I have my own resolutions, one, because I don't have Word processor so I can't write them and then print them out easily, and two because I look at this blog more then I would look at a piece of paper laying on my night stand. I have categorized them into short term and long term resolutions. I hope that if anyone sees this they keep me to my resolutions, everyone needs a little encouragement now and then (me especially).
Short Term Resolutions:
Save ($$) as much as possible every month.
Help recycle and take the trash out.
Water the plants at least once a week if not more.
Vacuum once a week
Drink at least 1.5 liters of water every day, or more.
Shut computer down at 10:30pm every night.
Read (book, newspaper, article) more.
Write blog once a week or after a match.
Take more pictures.
Be patient.
Get up before 10am (days with out morning practice)
Try to improve something at every practice or gym visit.
Walk to practice (when it starts getting warmer)
Try to learn something new in Swedish everyday.
Take mascarra off 3 times a week.
Be a leader.
Floss.
Wear sunscreen everyday. (no more burns!)
Long Term Resolutions:
Learn more about and do do more with my camera.
Try to speak more Swedish then listening and responding in English.
Get things done myself, don't wait on others to do it for you.
Spend less on things you want and more on things you need.
Learn how to pay taxes.
See a concert in the Hollywood Bowl in the summer.
Reconnect with an old friend US or abroad.
Be healthier (drink less alcohol, ingest less sugar/candy etc)
Help out more.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Take up Yoga again.
Rest more.
Catch up with relatives more often then not.
Travel.
Create something awesome.
Go on more hikes.
Try to narrow down a career path for the future.
Set up my own website highlighting my photography.
Read 10 books or more a year.
This list may seem long but some of the stuff on here I can accomplish with out noticing sometimes. Getting into a routine with some of these resolutions is the plan. I hope that I can accomplish these things with in a years time. However I know some of the things on the list will take a little over a year to achieve so they will likely drop down to the list I will have next new years. However, let it be known that this list will be completed as best as I know how to. I ask you to keep me honest with these resolutions and know that I may add some more later on this year. Day one, begin! Got to go fill up my water bottle ;)
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