It’s January 11th and I haven’t yet made New Year’s Goals. I usually try to make 3 goals for the year. Last year it was to pay off our credit cards by New Year’s (I even gave it a catchy title, “No Credit Card Debt by New Year’s”, I know, not so great for an English teacher.) The second goal was to actually eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables every day. The third goal was to work out on a consistent basis, meaning at least 3 days a week.
On this short 2010 to-do list, I could only call one a success. When I paid the last payment to our credit card company I was nearly bouncing off the walls I was so excited! That was my one hugely successful New Year’s Goal. The other two were not so successful. They started out like everyone’s New Year’s Resolutions, great for a while and then we go back to life as it was. Now, I like fruit smoothies and don’t mind putting spinach in everything, but it’s amazing how quickly we returned to ‘easy meals’ and less fruits and veggies in our diets. Why is it so hard to change our habits? I mean, we created these habits somehow. I’ve always heard that it takes doing something 21 times to make it a habit, but I definitely ate my servings of fruits and veggies more than 21 times, and still reverted to old habits, let’s not even get into the times spent working out that would eventually get squeezed out by ‘relaxing’.
All of this being said, I will still make new goals for the year, hopefully I’ll do better than one out of three. So, my first 2011 Goal is to make some New Year’s Goals!
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