I know what date it is; it is
mid-January. I am just now getting
around to announcing my NY resolutions when most everyone else has already
abandoned theirs.
See, that is the thing with
resolutions – they should be resolute and not just wishful thing. They should affect change.
When someone chooses “to lose
weight” as a NY resolution, what they are really saying is that they “hope to”
lose weight. They announce it to the
world, rush to the grocery store, stock up on fruits and veggies, and sign up
for Zumba classes.
A few weeks later, all that
elation hits bottom. Expensive produce
turns to ooze at the bottom of the vegetable bin and their gym membership card
lays forgotten at the bottom of their abandoned gym bags. Their bottoms hit
bottom.
Their “resolution” was really
nothing more than “wishful thinking,” right up there with pinky swears, winning
the lottery, and the odds of stealing a Hollywood hunk first-named Ryan from
his hot Hollywood wife.
I prefer to make resolutions –
determined, serious, hard line declarations of change.
On that note, I resolve to eat
healthy in 2015. I promise to avoid the
grocery aisles that stock sodas, chips, and canned vegetables. I resolve to
save money and avoid frivolous spending.
I will stick to only necessary purchases. I refuse to buy another book or another piece
of clothing until I exhaust the hordes I already own. I resolve to exercise my mind, body, and
soul, keeping everything working in tiptop shape as I age. I will read more, walk more, get out and
socialize more.
Funny thing about resolutions,
they manifest themselves in change. If
we end up in the same place we started, it wasn’t true resolve. We should see the change if we worked
doggedly to attain it.
I hope to find myself at the end
of 2015, healthier and with a little more pocket change in the old bank
account.
You have lots of will power.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lea. So do you.
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