New Year's Resolutions

At the beginning of a new year, it seems all I hear is about people's resolutions. And I love that! It gives me great ideas of things I might need to change and ways I can make those changes! But I've never really gotten behind the idea of New Year's Resolutions. I don't see why the need to wait for a new year to change something once I've realized it needs to be changed. A new year doesn't mean that those goals will be any easier to keep. It doesn't make it easier for me to say no to that second piece of dessert (or the first...). It doesn't make it easier for me to keep the sink clear of dishes. A new year doesn't make it easier for me to give up Dr. Pepper. It doesn't make it easier for me to be patient (with myself and others). And so on...

So if waiting for the New Year doesn't make resolutions any easier to keep, why is it such a big thing?

I think it's a total mental thing. A new year is a fresh start. And maybe it's just me where the first of a new year doesn't actually motivate me any more than any other day of the year. But one thing's for sure. I love the idea of New Year's Resolutions. 

I love the idea of New Year's Resolutions because it means that people want to change. I'm sitting here, working on my lesson for church, thinking about "Who am I, and who can I become?" and I love New Year's Resolutions because they help people become better. In whatever area of their life, they are becoming better. So if a new year means that people will take the time to think about their life and what areas might need improving, I'm all for it.

So I recently thought about an area of my life that needs improving, and surprise, surprise, it's keeping a record of this crazy life! I have always been terrible at journaling or scrapbooking regularly or just taking pictures of important moments (and blogging!), but whenever I look back on the few times I have, I so much enjoy those pictures or blog posts! They bring those memories right back and it's like I'm living in that moment all over again. And as I watch Everett's baby-dom quickly slipping away, I so much want to document it so that I can relive it over and over. So my current goal (not for this year, but hopefully a lifelong change) is to be better at blogging. I'm not sure exactly what that means yet. I may need to set the goal to blog every Saturday and recap the week. I may just look for moments and events throughout my days that I want to remember. But I hope it creates a place I can look back and remember this wonderful time of my life.

And because I love this quote, keep this in mind if you've made New Year's Resolutions or not, if you end up keeping those resolutions or not: