Happy New Year!

New Year's Resolutions...hmmmmm....  should I make some? Probably not. Every year when I was in my 20's and early 30's, I'd make the same ones: lose weight, work out, fall in love.  And every year, I'd achieve either some or all of those in various ways.  Sure I'd lose weight- but in the healthiest of ways? Most likely not.  And then of course I'd gain it back.  Work out - yea...for about a nano second. Fall in love - I did. To my children's daddy.  I'd like to think that the older I get, the wiser I become.  And the idea of resolutions should seem ridiculous and unnecessary.   But as I sit here on the first day of the new year, I am once again contemplating whether or not to make any.  And why is it that I still have the same ones that I've always had? I've witnessed first hand the success rate of them.  Not very good.  Yet I am still inclined to repeat them.

Lose weight:
When I was growing up, I was teeny tiny. Always the shortest and the smallest in my class.  This continued on throughout high school.  I was a gymnast and a cheerleader. Then I went to college and hello "freshman 15" (rather, freshman 20).  From then on I yo-yo'd back and forth - was I ever overweight? Probably not. But we are our biggest critics and boy, was I tough on myself.  So, should I make losing weight a resolution? Absolutely not!

Work out:
Yea right! That's all I have to say.

Fall in love:
I would hope that someday I will again. But as I have learned, you can't force love and you can't plan it. Therefore, I am happy to just be in love with life and appreciate all things wonderful.

So there you have it. I am not going to make any resolutions this year.  If anything, I'll just make a goal: It is my goal to live my life to the fullest and enjoy every last minute of it. Don't sweat the small stuff. Don't over think. Just enjoy.

Happy New Year!