Some mumbo jumbo about why I don’t make New Years resolutions
15th
2013
I’m not big on New Years resolutions simply because I am a stubborn mofo and if there is a rule to follow, it is in my nature to NOT want to follow it. (Oh hi, I haven’t written a post in a month, how are you??) Yes, even if it is a rule I set for myself. I don’t know, I’m a little mental. So I have to pretty much trick myself into reaching my own goals that I didn’t make because I won’t want to reach them if I actually made them. Make sense? No, it absolutely doesn’t, but I’ve made peace with it.
What I’ve found that works best is that I can’t be strict with myself. I can’t even really set a true ‘goal’; I have to be all ‘everybody is a winner’ about it. I will not write these down in a journal or repeat them each morning as I wake up or put them on post it notes. Nonono, that would mean I am committed in some way. I don’t commit to things, remember? I am mental. So this is what I do. I tell myself this one thing:
Morgan, be better.
That’s all I need, as simple as it is and as weird as it sounds. That simple “be better” is loaded with invisible aspirations. I know I’m not perfect and am VERY aware of what needs work. I ask for God’s help with those things every day, regardless of this being a new year (my non-committal nature being one of the big ones, obviously). WHOA NELLY, this is getting too deep for la petite blog. I should have just said “lose 15 pounds” and be done with it. Seriously though. Rules… I don’t like them, but in my crazy backward way, I’m working on it.
Also working on taking pictures with my eyes, you know, open.
um, it makes perfect sense to me:)
on January 15th, 2013 at 7:08 pm
I would never ever get anything done that way, but more power to you. Whatever works. Go with it!
on January 15th, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Yup. If I make a rule I have to break it. But, only rules I make for myself because I’m too chicken to break real-life rules.
on January 15th, 2013 at 9:15 pm
I am EXACTLY THE SAME. You’re not alone.
on January 16th, 2013 at 2:51 am
haha…my husband is the exact same way! I like making resolutions though because the year just seems like the perfect beginning. :)
on January 16th, 2013 at 5:19 am
Be better.
Yep, enough said. (For me, not for you. You are wonderful.)
on January 16th, 2013 at 8:18 am
Oh Em Gee I am the SAME way! Eesh! Good luck to ya!
on January 16th, 2013 at 11:32 am
i have never commented before… but i’ve been reading for a while. i just felt compelled to tell you that when i read “Morgan, be better.” i felt a stirring in the very depths of my soul, like you were speaking to me.
then i remember you’re morgan, too! :)
on January 16th, 2013 at 11:10 pm
Morgan: that made me giggle. :) Nice name, by the way! Nice to meet you!
on January 17th, 2013 at 3:01 pm
[...] Morgan, always hilarious with her blog posts. She doesn’t update as often any more but when she does – I wait until I have a quiet moment to myself to thoroughly read her posts. Not a post goes by that I don’t crack a smile, or even let out an embarrassingly loud “HA HA”. Tuesday she wrote why she doesn’t make new years resolutions. [...]
on January 18th, 2013 at 5:20 am
you are so funny, really!
I agree with the whole “no resolutions” thing. Why set yourself up for failure or disappointment? Just do better, be better, and try harder-with everything. Saying it like that now made it sound scarier than just setting a few piddly goals!! haha!
on January 18th, 2013 at 8:48 am
Bonnie: HAHA! Now that you mention it, it does totally sounds scarier than “lose 15 pounds and sweep every morning”! I think I’ll accomplish a lot more this way though. Thank you for the sweet words, as always! :) xo
on January 18th, 2013 at 9:43 am