... are what I am now working on. I've decided that making a resolution at the beginning of the year is more committment than I am able to, well,.. commit to. I am a list person- when I clean house, the first thing I do is make a list. I love the feeling of accomplishment when I can mark something off my list and know that it is completely done. Therefore, I am combining my list-a-bility and my desire for a new resolution, and doing a Monthly Resolution. Hopefully, four weeks of working on a new resolution will start a new, good habit for me and it will become a lifetime resolution instead of just a monthly thing. I'm picking two small, easy to do goals for this month, since this month is halfway over already.
#1. Drink more water. I never drink enough water. I don't really like it. I'd so much rather have a tall glass of semi-sweet tea. Granted, my sweet tea is nothing like everyone else's. I put about 1/3 of the sugar most people do, and I buy decaf tea, so it's not the caffeine that I'm addicted to. It's the tea taste- the way it tastes like summertime, the way the condensation forms on the outside of the tall glass and drips down it's sides in slow motion like drops of summer rain tracing the outside of my bedroom window panes. Water is so much less romantic than a tall glass of tea, but right now, there's not much in this world that is more unromantic than my hips, so I'm choosing to drink the H2O and end my affair with my tea. My measurable goal is 6 full glasses of water a day. Baby steps, people! Baby steps! I may increase from there, but 6 is the minimum.
#2. Be early for everything. I have the curse of the Holders, and I'm late for everything. I will be late for my own funeral! I've been doing alot better about it lately, but I would like to make this an official goal to not be late for anything at all (as it is within my power of course) for the rest of the month. Whether it is work, church, bible study, meeting friends or whatever, I am going to be more than on time,.. I'll be early! I've been driving to work about 20 minutes early for a few weeks, and I sit in my car and just chill out before going in to the rat race, and I'm noticing that I'm less stressed, and in a much better mood throughout my shift. I don't have to worry about speeding to get there, or hunting a parking spot, and I can do little things that I normally have no time for (today, I trimmed my fingernails and organized my purse). I am hoping to keep this up and apply it to everything else I do.
I hope you are all having a great April and stay tuned for my May Resolutions!! What is the one thing you would work on for a solid month in hopes it becomes a daily habit?
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