How Are Your New Year's Resolutions Going?

Did I tell you that I generally don't make New Year's Resolutions?  I don't.  It just stresses me out when I feel like I have to make some resolution and stick to it when it's obviously got to be something I don't want to do or I wouldn't need to resolve to do it!  So this year, when New Year's Day rolled around, I decided to do something different.  I decided to make a resolution to do something that I actually want to do! 

I did consider resolving to exercise more often.  I've been trying for several months now to make myself exercise.  Some weeks I actually get up before the kids are up and either walk on the treadmill or do an exercise video.  Occasionally I even do it 3 or 4 times that week.  Then, after a week or two, I get distracted or discouraged and don't keep it up.  So I'm planning to try to exercise more often this year.  Perhaps I'll even get into a good habit of doing it several times a week.  Who knows?!  But I'm not going to resolve to do it.  No pressure.

I also considered giving up carbonated drinks.  I gave up drinking caffeine 15 years ago when I was pregnant with my first child, so the caffeine isn't what I need.  I do, however, love to drink those wonderful fizzy carbonated drinks!!  I love a good Mug rootbeer (caffeine free!)  or a good Sprite.  I really love caffeine free Cokes, but it's harder to find them, and they don't make them in the little bottles with the lids that twist on and off.  I don't normally drink a whole drink at once.  I like to spread it out over a couple of days so I'm not drinking so many of them.  So anyway, I considered giving those up, but I decided not too.  Too much pressure.  Too much temptation to overcome. 

So what was my resolution?  Well, do you moms remember how when your kids were all little you stopped wearing all your pretty necklaces and earrings and bracelets because the babies or toddlers were always grabbing them and breaking them?  So, you guessed it, I resolved to start remembering to wear my jewelry again!  :)  Now that's a pretty painless resolution.  A resolution, in fact, that I have actually been enjoying keeping!  I don't try to wear it when I'm at home with the kids, but I have been remembering to wear it to church and even to the store or the doctor's office or wherever else I go.  I've gotten lots of compliments, too, which is really nice. 

So did you make a resolution?  Have you been sticking with it?  If not, you are certainly welcome to borrow mine.  Or, if you already wear your jewelry, perhaps you can be thinking of a suitable resolution for next year.  A resolution that will be fun to keep.  A resolution you can live with!  So it's confession time.  I'd love for you to share with me what your resolution was and if you've been keeping it.