The problem with having a New Year's resolution is that most of us fail at them.
At least, that's what I read in a story published by MSU Denver. According to the story, around 90% of …
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The problem with having a New Year's resolution is that most of us fail at them.
At least, that's what I read in a story published by MSU Denver. According to the story, around 90% of people who set a resolution will end up failing halfway through February. I believe it, mainly because I failed at mine before noon on the first of January.
My 2024 was a fantastic year, I really can’t complain about it too harshly. It was a year of spiritual growth, new opportunities and lots of traveling. There was rarely a week that something wasn’t going on. I’m very thankful for the year I had and I wouldn’t change a thing that happened. However, as stated in my last column, my pets replaced me with someone who doesn't even live in my house — and I was gone a lot. And so I decided that my New Year's resolution was to start saying no, or to just slow down a little.
This year I want to be very intentional with my time, making sure to slow down enough to truly take in and be thankful for every day that I’m given, as well as not over doing it on my schedule. The conscious plan? More home nights and resting.
It was a great plan, really, before Nate proposed to me on New Years Day.
It was a no brainer to say yes to that plan. But trading out my plans for “no” into one big “yes” meant that I had just sold myself, and my free time, to wedding planning. What all girls dream of and have their Pinterest boards ready to go for, I suddenly found myself not wanting or liking anything I had originally thought I would. This isn’t an anomaly for anyone, a lot of women I had talked to had felt the same way about their own weddings. But it certainly made things a little more difficult.
No matter the planning, I still have full intention of returning to my year of slow living and no’s — which will be possible, as I plan on having everything planned by the end of January. My coworker said it's impossible, which just fueled my fire even more for achieving my goals.
Coming out in the top 10% of resolutioners will be achievable. It has to be, as this column serves as my personal, albeit public, pledge to myself to have these things planned so I can go back to NOT planning. For now, I’ll be working on my spreadsheet and seating chart.