I don’t normally do New Years Resolutions due to the fact they never work. You set up these ridiculous goals, that you don’t necessarily have the means, abilities, or dedication to achieve. You end up failing, then beat yourself up about the fact that you were unable to keep your resolutions that were so far out there it’s no wonder you failed them.

So this year, I came up with a plan to have tons of little resolutions. I don’t really want to call the resolutions but honestly, I have no other words I want to call them. They’re not hard things. They’re completely realistic. They’re achievable! Here is my list of resolutions for 2010:

1. I’m going to learn a new word everyday. - Really there’s no explanation needed.  I want to learn one new word a day. I’m going to achieve this by going to the daily word at A.Word.A.Day. I was being very meticulous last night when it came to drinking, but it didn’t work out well. I think I used that properly. *shrugs*
2. Live in the “now”. Stop regretting the past. Stop worrying about the future. - I’m awful when it comes to this. I worry about everything that will happen 5 minutes from now and 5 years from now. Why? All it does is freak me out. I need to also stop reliving the past and try to wonder “what life would have been like if…” This is going to be one of the hardest resolutions I’ve ever had, but it’s vital that I at least try to do it.
3. Cut back, or eventually quit smoking. - I don’t have extremely high hopes for this one. Quite frankly, I know its going to be the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. I’ve tried before, and I can’t handle it. I get mean, nasty, and down right unruly. I am not a nice person while trying to quit smoking.
4. Think of at least 1 positive for ever negative. - I’m not going to say I’ll never think negatively, because honestly that’s not me. I’m a negative person. It’s who I am. I am going to do extremely hard to think of at least one positive for everything negative I have to say. Will it always happen? No. I’ll at least give it a whirl.
5. I want to eat less than 3 deserts a week. - I have this thing, that I have to have desert every night. 80% of the time, I’m not even hungry for it! Here I am, in the kitchen eating it anyways just to make me feel better about whatever. I’m not going to promise I’m going to lose weight, or eat healthier. I would just like to eat less than 3 deserts a week.
6. I want to be a somewhat better person. – I want to treat people a little nicer.
7. I want to be happy. That’s not that big of a goal to some, but its huge to me. I want to just be happier and stop worrying about the little shit. I want to be grateful and appreciative of everything I do have.

Needless to say, I have a lot of resolutions for myself for this year. But I totally want to redo myself. I want to to be happy. Ultimately my 2010 is all about BEING HAPPY. The most important thing about this year when it comes to my resolutions is this: If I fail to do something – its fine! I will not give up and say “Oh, well I failed, so no more.” I will just take it as a mistake, accident, or a bad day, and I’ll pick up where I left off and try again.

Good luck with all your resolutions this year guys! What do you think will be your hardest resolution to overcome?

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