Ok, ok. It’s time to
make some resolutions for the New Year.
This morning my boss said that
this will be the year of “Self-Care and Embracing the Chaos”. That seems like a good plan to me.
On that note, my next few months are going to be hairy,
though not entirely unpleasant. We are
just sort of on hold for some paperwork to be signed, and then I’ll have some
concrete plans. So, until then, I’ll
focus on self-care, and embracing the chaos.
Also, before I get into the resolutions – I want to give a
shout out to my alma mater. Last night,
the Georgia Bulldogs won a college football semi-final game against the
Oklahoma Sooners. It went into double
overtime, and they pulled it out of the fire gloriously. Next Monday, they will play the Alabama
Crimson Tide in the National Championship Game. So, that’s some pretty great news,
especially if you’re a big fan of the Bulldogs.
I am excited for them, and I’ll enjoy watching the game. I did feel bad for the Sooners and their fans…kind
of. The announcers were completely up
the ass of their QB, Baker Mayfield. So,
that schadenfreude is pretty great.
Anyway, GO BULLDOGS!!!
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| Who's a good boy, huh? Huh? |
1. Lose 5
pounds. Then lather, rinse, and repeat. I can lose 5 pounds. Easy.
I’ve done it a bunch of times. So
what I need to do it lose five pounds several consecutive weigh-ins in a
row. Five, then another five, and so on. It’s less daunting than saying I need to lose
40 or hell, even 20 pounds. So 5 at a
time it is.
2. Clean up my
language. This feels like another
perennial favorite. I need to decrease
the f-bombs, four-letter words and words that are just downright inflammatory
(which may or may not contain four letters).
At least, I need to keep them contained to my car, where they
belong. But I also want to enrich my
slang. Stop using outdated terminology,
and maybe adopt some new fresh stuff. We’ll
see. But mostly, I just want to decrease
the swearing.
3. Manage my money
carefully. I spent way too much on
Christmas, as usual. I need to rein it
in and be more fiscally aware/responsible.
I need fewer things.
5. Less waste. This one is a culmination of some of the
others. I want to get rid of things that
we don’t need so that I have a good idea of what we have and can/do use, and I will know what we definitely don’t need
more of (nail trimmers, for example). I want to donate the surplus. I also want to be smarter with
groceries. I wish we weren’t throwing
out food that we don’t eat in time. So I’ll
commit to responsible shopping, eating out less and cooking smaller
batches. That also plays along with the
losing 5 pounds thing mentioned above.
* Because I think I've used "You Say You Want A Resolution" for several years now. Time to find a new title.
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