It's that time of the year again. Time to make resolutions and promises we will never keep. I don't know about you but there are 3 main areas that I am CONSTANTLY striving to fix or change: Organization, Weight and Finances and these are my thoughts on those issues.
Changing established established habits goes against our grain. I often wonder if habits are due to nature or nurture. For instance, I am cluttery and always have been. My Dad is also cluttery. Did I inherit more of those crappy genes or did his messiness rub off on me? I can resolve to be more organized. I can think positive thoguhts about it every day--but it never happens. I pile, I sweep, I throw things in drawers or closets. I can't help it.
Another common resolution is to lose weight and I have done it many many times. It takes as much or more work to keep the weight off as it does to lose it in the first place. It's such a frustrating process. I know that most weight issues are emoitional and surprisingly I know what my emotional issues are and I've tried to deal with them but they always creep back in. If there were an easy fix for weight issues most of us would have jumped on that band wagon. Most people I know or seen who have had gastric bypass have gained the weight back which reinforces to me that most weight issues are emotional.
Money. Well, I like to spend money so I work hard to make a lot of it. That's my resolution.
I don't want to seem cynical but it seems futile to make New Year's resolutions in the first place so why do it?
I agree completely! It's still fun to make them in tradition, but this is so true! I see this in my family and others! With that said...I need to think of a fun resolution for the new year...haha. XO
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