January 1st can be a day to celebrate all things
new and hopefully is a happy day for most people. However if you step on a
scale or look in the mirror or check your bank account on the 1st,
likely you have a revelation – and it is not good. That is when you think –
something has to change – I have to change and I resolve to do so in the coming
year!!! Alas, they say most
resolutions are dropped within three to four weeks and we slide back into our
old ways….
This year I decided to do resolutions differently and have
been relatively successful – at least most weeks I am! I decided that if I could do one thing each
week, make one small change and commit to it for five of the seven days and have
it take less than ten minutes, I could do it! And I bet you can too!
Here’s the idea – write down about 20 -25 things you would
like to do/improve/increase or decrease in ANY area of your life. Some examples
might include eating one more serving of vegetables/fruits per day, drinking
more water, less TV time, more reading, more steps, more hugging, more
compliments, less coffee (Oh no never!), you get the idea…. Write these on a
sheet of paper and cut them into slips and put them in a mason jar. Then, once
a week pick one out and complete that task for that week only!
Now why I suggest writing down only 20 to 25 is that you
will want to go thru your tasks twice in that given year and you likely need a
week or two off. Twenty to twenty-five times two is 40 – 50 weeks of tasks.
So…. Tell me why you can’t do one thing for ten minutes or
less, for five to seven days for one week???
Try this new way to do new year’s resolutions and let me
know how its working for you!
