New Years Resolutions. Everyone makes them, but no one keeps them, right? It's always the same thing: this year I'll exercise, this year I'll eat healthy, this year I'll save more money...
They're always admirable goals, but the problem is they are also very lofty. 10 pounds is a lot to lose by February and it's crazy to think all your bad habits could disappear in just a year.
Last year I realized that the resolutions I was making weren't really getting me anywhere. So I decided instead of making "serious" resolutions I would make fun ones!
My first major goal was to be learning how to wink. All my life I've had a problem with this elusive skill. Not being able to do it really frustrated me, because I thought it was such a useful thing to be able to do! Plus everyone else could do it. I've really never met anyone who can't.
So starting in January I practiced. Every day as I got ready I would look in the mirror and try to wink. For the first few months it was just blinking, but by the summer I could kind of do it and by August I was a pro. Mission accomplished.
This year I have a new goal. Whistling. (I know, I can't do anything). So far I can't do it, but I'm okay with that since it's not that serious of a resolution. I know if I don't ever learn I'll be ok and that makes New Year's Resolutions much less pressure-filled. When January rolls around I"m excited, and not wary, to make all kinds of goals. And I have such a good time crossing those things off my list as the year goes by. Of course, I think it's brilliant. But you guys can decide for yourselves.
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That's a wise approach.
Fun resolutions...I don't know why the rest of the world hasn't caught on to this yet. It's brilliant. You should try to do taht finger whistling thing that some people do, that'd be amazing.
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