New beginnings. Aren’t they just the coolest?
There’s a line of dialogue in the movie Forrest Gump that rings so true to me. It’s in the scene where Forrest and Lt. Dan are celebrating the new year, ringing in 1972 (I think it’s ’72). Anyway, they’re in a bar and two of Lt. Dan’s lady friends join them. One of the women says to Forrest, “Don’t you just love New Year’s? Everybody gets a second chance.”
That’s how I view the New Year. A new beginning. A second chance to start over. An opportunity to tweak whatever it is I might have done wrong the first time. A second chance to make things better. The new year is the ultimate rewrite. A whole new page to be written on, so to speak.
I decided many years ago to stop making resolutions because I just never seemed to keep them. It always seemed that by January 5th I was already making excuses not to go to the gym before work, then before I knew it, I was adding an extra bag of cookies or Doritos to the grocery cart. Instead, I learned to set goals for the new year. I spend some time on the last day of the year looking over the goals I’d made that year. I do a little reflecting. Most times I’m able to give myself a little “atta-girl” pat on the back for accomplishing goals. Sometimes there are one or two goals that might require tweaking for the new year and I’m allowed an opportunity for a do-over. A chance to do things better.
So here’s my question for you today. What are you hoping to do-over, do better or just DO on your new page?
I am hoping to be more patient with my kids. I have to realize that they do things slower and maybe their rooms are clean to them, even it is not up to my standards. So far so good.
PattyL – We had a saying in our house. Is it your clean or mom clean? A lot of times I ended up settling for “your clean,” but you’re right — it took a lot of patience on my part to be able to do that. Not that I’m anal or anything
I am hoping to get more reading done, I had thought I would just shut down the computer everynight at a certain time, and go to bed and read, but what is it they say – best laid plans seem to go astray……
I’ve been good at closing down the computer in the evening because I also want to read more. However, then I end up watching more tv than I should!