Resolutions

I never have really been one to set New Year’s Resolutions, as a matter of fact for many years my resolution was to set no resolutions.  And after all, every year the media comes out with a list of why resolutions don’t work and that most resolutions are usually broken within the first week or two.  Makes you want to give up before you even get started.  I really don’t understand when we all decided that the media have become some sort of authority in our lives. 

So I pondered, what is a resolution?  To resolve something?  Yes that’s it!  I really do need to correct some things in my life, that quite frankly I have let go now for to many years.  Like my body, my home, maybe even my attitude on some days.

Of course the begining of the new year is the perfect time to make changes.  Perfect because in my family we don’t have any birthdays until the end of March.  There really aren’t any holidays until Valentines Day, we celebrate with a great dinner, that can be healthy.  And then there is St. Patrick’s day on March 17th, a holiday that I like to make corned beef and cabage with red potatoes and carrots.  Yummy, now I making myself hungry. 

So this year I realized that my clock is really ticking.  I know just how fast the last 25 years have gone by and if I don’t get busy the next 25 years will have past and I will be doing exactly what I didn’t want to do.  And so I have a made a list of goals, resolutions, changes, what ever you want to call them, that I not only want to achieve, but actually need to.  Lets just say that I have decided that I really would like to live longer.  That maybe in my old age I would like to do more than visit doctors and take a handful of pills everyday.  After all who in the heck is going to set up my pill trays for the month.

1.  I’m going to stop listenting to the media

2.  Get my house in order

3.  Get rid of that leathal belly fat

4.  Quit Smoking

5.  Eat Healthier

6.  Quit Drinking so much

7.  Exercise

8.  Read more

9.  Learn how to use my camera

10.  Get involved

I could go on and on, but I really do need to get busy living in a good way, so hey, I can live longer!

On Monday, January 4th, 2010, I will begin my new lifestyle. 

I’ll keep you posted, I always do better if I have to report to someone, so I have chosen you!