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    12 New Year's Resolutions You Can Actually Achieve.

    January 1, 2019 by Karen 51 Comments

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    Oh hi!  Happy New Year to you!  A new beginning!  Where we can picture the year before us in the most optimistic way possible.  THIS is the chance we've been waiting for to be the absolute best version of ourselves.

     

    We will be the VERY best version of ourselves!  We'll help people and speak Mandarin and wear lipstick!


    We will NOT go out without washing our hair for a week because we will better manage our time to allow for things like bathing.

    We will NOT eat 14 cookies in a row because we will be health conscious!

    We will NOT waste our spare time on Instagram, we will VOLUNTEER!

    We will NOT spend all of our money on useless little things we will save up and buy BIG THINGS!

    We will be healthy and fit and selfless and have savings accounts!

    Basically we will double underline every title in red with a ruler in this adult version of a fresh notebook.

    Except we won't.  We'll WANT to, but we won't. The odd one of us will, but mainly we all burn out on resolutions by the middle of January when instead of seeing a year worth of triumphs ahead of us we see a year's worth of torture.  Seriously. Wash my hair EVERY day?  Are you mad?  Who has time for that???

    It is fun to have goals and even more fun to achieve them so maybe this year, I thought, we should all forget about having a goal for the year and instead

    Have a Goal for the Month.

    Something easy.  Like limiting ourselves to only eating cheeses that start with the letter "C" in September.

    I mean that seems doable doesn't it?

    I'm still working out the details but I feel like I could do just about anything for one month don't you?

    And if we just modify the typical resolutions to lose weight, eat clean or volunteer more to something a tiny bit more realistic we might just succeed.

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    We'll email you this post, so you can refer to it later.

    Here is my list of the most common monthly resolutions (modified a tiny bit) that I think we can all accomplish


    New Year's Resolutions You Can Actually Achieve.


    January - Be organized!   Change this to just "be".  So basically just stay alive for January and you'll hit your goal. 

    February - Eat clean! That could mean not eating any processed foods OR it could just mean don't drink out of the toilet.

    March - Learn how to (fill in the blank)!  This is a big one.  People want to expand their horizons and learn how to speak another language or cook or a new hobby.  How 'bout we learn to be satisfied with being mediocre.  

    April - Lose weight!  2 options here, reduce your caloric intake by a LOT and be super grumpy orrrr hang around people with the stomach flu.

    May -  Be kind!  Alright this one should be relatively easy.  Just don't give someone the finger when they piss you off on the road. That's all.  Just don't do that.  Where they can see it.  If they're being a real douchebag and you can't control yourself, give them the secret finger, keeping your hand under your dashboard. And don't purposely push anyone down a flight of stairs. Accomplish those two things and you're golden.

    June - Volunteer more! I find it's easiest to volunteer one's opinion.  On Facebook. With an air of superiority.

    July - Some say you should quit smoking but I say you should Increase the amount you smoke.  Smoke every day!  Start with a pork shoulder and work your way up to bacon.  

    August - Exercise more. Run!  You can run around the neighbourhood like a sweating loon or run the local poker night. Take your pick.

    September - Read more!  A fun way to do this is to read all of the Pulitzer Prize winning books reviews.

    October -Help the elderly!  Are you over 25? If you are then you're elderly to much of the population, so just help yourself to whatever you want.

    November - Practice self-care! Quick point here ... bubble baths and mindful walks don't cure anxiety, anti-anxiety drugs do.  Just an FYI for the approaching holiday season.

    December - Adopt a pet!  So many pets need good homes! But they're a lot of work and responsibility and you have to keep them until they die. Plus they're costly. If you're O.K. with that head to a shelter.  If this frightens you just put a collar on a ball of lint and drag it around on a leash until the desire passes.


    I think you'll agree we can all achieve these simple little monthly goals. I didn't even say you had to stay out of jail or anything.

    If you're more of a classic resolutionist feel free to mention any I may have missed in the comments. I hope you all have a very good New Year ahead of you.

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    1. Leah

      January 01, 2023 at 11:59 am

      Yes, please. Thanks for this validation. I want you to be the next Tony Robbins.

      Reply
    2. Kat - the other 1

      December 11, 2020 at 3:43 am

      It's about time to bring this up again. ;)

      Reply
      • Karen

        December 11, 2020 at 10:38 am

        Ha! ~ karen!

        Reply
    3. Ruth Hirsch

      January 14, 2019 at 12:27 am

      “Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.” - Winnie there Pooh

      If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.
      You do not need to leave your room. HENRY DAVID THOREAU

      Remain sitting at your table and listen.
      Do not even listen, simply sit and wait.
      Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary.
      The world will freely offer itself to you
      to be unmasked, it has no choice,
      it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. Franz Kafka

      Listen- Just to be is a blessing.
      Just to live is holy. Abraham Joshua Heschel

      And this is the simple truth--that to feel oneself lost--he who accepts it has already begun to find himself, to be on firm ground. Ortega Y Gassett

      I never get lost because I don't know where I'm going. Zen Master Ikkyu

      Reply
    4. Beth

      January 07, 2019 at 7:24 pm

      Mary, are you suggesting that we flip people off by holding up all fingers? I'm interested in whether or not we can make that catch on as the newest rude gesture! I'm also very interested to see your bowling-ball hairdo!

      Reply
    5. Kelly

      January 06, 2019 at 4:27 pm

      May will be easy for me. I have been known to flip off douchebag drivers (I reserve it for only the most extreme cases) but it's usually done in an inconspicuous way because I reside in a state where a large portion of the population is armed. 😁

      Reply
    6. whitequeen96

      January 05, 2019 at 3:47 am

      This has got to be one of your best posts, and it's EXACTLY what I need today! I think I can just about handle January's goal of staying alive this month. I'm really looking forward to not drinking out of the toilet next month and I'm already working on learning to be satisfied with being mediocre!

      I've been following you for years and I've got to say that you are truly a blessing! Your blog is like a reward after a long, grueling day. Thank you!

      Reply
      • Karen

        January 07, 2019 at 10:48 am

        Thanks for saying that Whitequeen. :) I hope you don't mind that I'm addressing you by the more casual Whitequeen, as opposed to the formal use of Whitequeen96. ~ karen!

        Reply
    7. Angela K

      January 02, 2019 at 6:50 pm

      I very seldom flip anyone off, at least by way of a middle finger.
      I live in Oklahoma, so I just "tip them a V" like they do in the UK.
      Bonus: no one knows what it means... as far as they're concerned, they just think I'm giving them a "peace" sign, albeit backwards!
      I consider it to be less crass that way, lol!
      I will claim "no V for January!"

      Reply
    8. Kristi

      January 02, 2019 at 6:39 pm

      I’ve decided this will be the year I stop procrastinating. I’m going to start tomorrow...

      Reply
      • Sandi Remedios

        January 02, 2019 at 8:48 pm

        LOL

        Reply
    9. Diane Walters

      January 02, 2019 at 6:20 pm

      OMG...you did it again...you made me laugh out loud! My most important goal always is to laugh more often...thanks for aiding me in this endeavor.

      Reply
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