Every December I start to think of resolutions for the new year. And I seem to make the same ones.
It’s my overly critical attitude toward myself — blame my Catholic upbringing — that urges me to make changes.
I can be thinner, I can be smarter, I can make better use of my spare time. (Meaning, I can stop watching “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” — and as reruns!)
But I think I’ve been making the wrong resolutions.
See, I tend to want the same things — lose weight, better life balance, whatever — but I focus too much on the end result and now on the process to get there.
So if I want to lose weight, I should resolve things like, “Eat just one dessert a day.” And if I want better life balance, maybe I need to think about changes like, “Leave work on time” or “Have lunch with a friend once a week.”
I went over my tired list of resolutions and decided to chuck them.
If I never reached them by now, why would 2013 be any different?
So I resolve to do the following:
• Drink more water. I could go days without drinking water. I’m not kidding. It’s not good.
• Participate in at least one race this year. I used to run 5Ks all the time. And I was even in a triathlon craze for awhile. But for the past two years, I haven’t done much but fill out the registration form for the Honolulu Marathon. This year, though, I’m going to finish something.
• Floss. This is made even more important considering I don’t have a dentist.
• Be nice to myself. I know that may sound intangible and even a bit therapist-driven, but it’s high time I starting being a little nicer to myself. I deserve that new camera!
Wish me luck!
Good luck! I totally need to start drinking more water too..
I just hate water. So boring!
Hello Cat!
Drinking more water is not hard to do and it’s so important too.
I drink almost a liter a day.
You can do it!
Good Luck!
It’s hard when you hate it! LOL!
Hahaha!
I had the same resolution about water. It took me a month to start but I am doing it now. Have you tried the “Hint” water? You might like it better, though it is pricier than plain water. One more way to be nice to yourself.
Cat, you have the best life balance of anyone I know of. You love your work and it seems to merge seamlessly with the rest of your life.
Pretty good for cooking and showeriing, water’s overated as a beverage. I’m gonna drink more Mexican beer in 2013. Hold my car keys, will ya?
When I was thinking about it, everything in life, we’ve earned. I thought about writing, “everything we HAVE in life, we’ve earned…” but I realized that it’s not accurate to say that. Even the things we DON’T have, we’ve earned. I don’t have the rockstar body I want, but y’know, I’ve earned that… I’m not as smart as I want to be, but you know what, I’ve earned my stupid. Everything in life is earned. Even the buttkicking I got when I was a kid, by some bully in the 5th grade, yeah, I earned that… So, I guess my resolution this year is to keep on earning. but it’d be nice to earn what I yearn for. (rockstar body, higher intelligence, better balance both physically and mentally)… yeah, that’s my resolution to earn what I yearn for. (sorry, #NoMakeSenseYa)
Good luck… now drop and give me 20.
Good Morning,
The way to love water is to be dying of thirst. Try not to drink anything for a day & see how good water tastes! If you can’t commit to a full day, try eating a lot of salty or sweet foods & not drink anything…
btw, you should be good to yourself, so you can be good to others.
Cat — do the Women’s 5K on Feb 3 at Kakaako Park! It’s low key and fun!
Try sparkling water instead of plain water