No resolution. No cry.

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I’ve chatted ad nauseum about how I dont do New Year’s resolutions.

They frazzle me (I dont thrive on self-imposed life pressure).

They cause me to rebel (Im a grownup that way. It’s the same reason why, when Ren Man a trainer shouts EIGHT MORE REPS! I quit after 3…).

They, in my experience, set me up for failure.

I instead choose to think we’re gifted with the chance to make new and ‘better’ choices each morning.

Hell, each MOMENT we encounter a crossroads we’re given the opportunity to choose the path we most want for ourselves.

As a result, tomorrow is just plain ole Sunday around here.

No brand!new!plans!

No this year is going to be different because_____.

Sure, we may take the time to revisit our goals & mission statements (as individuals and as a family), but the revisiting is no more powerful or pivotal than it will be six months from now when we do the same.

I read a quote in a magazine recently which expressed perfectly why tomorrow is no different for me than any other day:*

Everyday is the first day of what’s left of your life.

(powerful stuff huh? the “what’s left” gets this 42.5 year old every time)

So have a happy & healthy today.

Have an exciting &Ā  energetic tomorrow.

And remember: we’re never as far from our resolutions, goals, plans, or creating the life we want than our very.next.choice.

See you in 2012!

 

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  6. I feel ya, sister!!! Tomorrow is just another Sunday here as well…recovery run day. Tonight is just a Saturday night (hard to stay up late partying when my son likes to get up at 5am!) =)
    Happy New Year to you and your family! Thanks for the inspiration this year – so glad I found you! xoxo

  8. I used to make resolutions, but have stopped making them the past several years, b/c they don’t last for me. I do really like that each day is a new beginning, not just a “year.”

  10. I’ve found myself, for the first time this year, making resolutions of a sort, and seeing this New Year as a new turning point in my life. Tonight takes on profound significance for me as I prepare for my little girls to leave the nest, making a major move in my life, and making the changes that being unattached will bring (or offer) in my life.

    and while I do still believe that EVERY day is the first day of the rest of your life, I also see 2012 as “The Year OF…”

  11. I’ve done weight, tris, marathons, money saving.

    This year..it’s just about honoring myself.every.single.day. I think that everything that I’ve ‘wanted’ will fall into place.

    Miz, you’re fabulous!

  16. I am not going to attempt to write a novel while climbing a mountain backward, like so many resolutioners out there, but there are some things I would like to achieve in 2012. A lot of what I’ve done in 2011 have set the stage for that, so it’s basically a continuation, not a whole new ball game. Still, I’m excited.

  19. I party and resolve. However, Jan 1 does’t really hold any special power, it’ts just a convenient day to revisit my goals. I check in with them a lot more often than once a year!

  20. A-feaking-men!! And I just adore, “no resolution no cry”! I found this quote the other day that resonated: ā€œYearā€™s end is neither an end nor a beginning, but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” ~ Hal Borland

  21. Here’s to all the ‘no resolutions’ people out there. Just another day to try and be the best we can! I do, however, use this time of year to let go of any negatives in my life. Want to start the year on a positive note! Blogged about it today!

    Happy Sunday all!

  23. I am with you Carla! Resolutions always made me feel like a failure so quite a few years back I did what you wrote below & I LOVE IT – from you:

    I instead choose to think weā€™re gifted with the chance to make new and ā€˜betterā€™ choices each morning.

    Hell, each MOMENT we encounter a crossroads weā€™re given the opportunity to choose the path we most want for ourselves

    Everyday is the first day of whatā€™s left of your life.

    weā€™re never as far from our resolutions, goals, plans, or creating the life we want than our very.nextCarlace.

    Carla – there is nothing else to add from me – I AM WITH YOU!

    Except that I am very lucky to have met you & learned so much from you! The happiest happy to you & your family & loved ones!

  31. I don’t do goals or mission statements, either.

    When I first heard about New Year’s Resolutions, I tried to come up with some, but I couldn’t, so I decided they were pretty boring. Haven’t changed my mind in the fifty years that followed.

    Mary Anne in Kentucky

  32. No resolution
    No cry here either
    Today,tomorrow are the same as. Yesterday and all the other days of the week
    Love the last line of blog..very.next.choice

  35. happy new year.. i am with you on the no resolutions thing.. today is simply the first day of a new year, while i’m thankful to see the start of a new year, i will never impose resolutions on myself as i had in the past.. have a great sunday

  36. Morning!
    No resolutions, just resolve. I signed up for a five week boot can that starts tomorrow morning. Not to jump start my program, but to bump me up to the next level. Cheers Miz ( cue clinking fruity chia drink bottles)

  38. Happy New Year to you and your family Carla. I’m soooo glad I found your blog in 2011. You are an inpiration to me!!! Yay for 2012, it’ll be a good one. Hugs!

  39. happy new year miz! i set goals, but don’t tend to make resolutions. i’ve achieved some big ones this past year, so I’m looking forward to what 2012 will bring šŸ™‚

  42. You and me both sister! I don’t do resolutions either. I guess I feel I’m goal-oriented and driven enough on my own without the post-it reminders. (But maybe that’s why I should?!) Anyhow, I’m sorry I’m so late with the well wishes but Happy New Year and I am so so grateful you are in my life!! Here’s to an epic 2012.

  43. I love the line, ” weā€™re never as far from our resolutions, goals, plans, or creating the life we want than our very next choice.”
    It’s so easy to make a resolution and project too far into the future what we hope to look like or hope to accomplish. It’s not about the distant future, it’s about taking the very first baby step. Just one step will lead to another and another. But I’m getting ahead of myself. One. Good. Choice. At a time.

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