I stopped making New Year resolutions many years ago. I was just kidding myself into thinking I would keep them. It never happened and probably never will. So I am making myself some promises this year instead of resolutions.
My first promise is to be happier with myself. Stop trying to be a perfect person and instead be a better person. Yep, I've been reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. I also bought the five-year One-Sentence Journal that goes along with it. My diary writing has suffered in the past years but I can do one sentence a day. I'm looking forward to completing a year and then, in the second year and future years, looking back on what I've written for the previous years.
My second promise is to not only read the blogs I follow in Google Reader, but to respond to them. I figure if someone has taken the trouble to write a blog that interests me, I should have the courtesy to comment. I mostly do that but not all the time if I am in a hurry.
My third promise is to myself. I want to update my blog at least on a weekly basis. I have been very lax lately in updating it. It's not that I have nothing to say...believe me, I tend to run my mouth off about the least little thing so that's not a problem! Since our only child lives clear across the country from us, and we have no grandchildren (or the prospect of ever having them,) I sometimes think my life is not that exciting. It really is to me but I often wonder if others see it that way.
Lastly, I promise myself to increase the days I go to my Silver Sneakers program. This is an exercise program just for seniors. Right now, I only go two days a week so I think I'll add yoga to my program. On Mondays and Wednesdays, I do the range of motion and stretching classes so I'm adding Thursday for yoga.
That's it for me this year--no resolutions just promises.
