Where I Resolve to Write More Often, Eat Less, and Save More Money.

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2012. 


I love welcoming a new year in--I think it is because I can resolve to improve myself. I do the same thing at the start of the summer, and the start of the school year. I'm really, really good at making resolutions.


But...I'm not so good at carrying them out.


I imagine that I'm not the only person with this problem.  My wife's solution is to never make resolutions, unless they involve not having sex with a man, or not getting addicted to crack cocaine...you know, stuff that she's guaranteed to be successful at. 


If I were to make resolutions the same way, they would sound a little like this:
1. I will not drink more than five Diet Cokes a day.
2. I will not put my children to bed without reading them a story first.
3. I will not promise to take out the garbage, do more laundry, or scoop the litter every day.
This way, no one will be disappointed.


However, I am the eternal optimist in our relationship and so I must try to improve.  So my resolutions will be:
1. To spend less money/save more money.
2. To lose weight and be healthier.
3. To be more prepared in the classroom.
4. To blog more often.
There you have it--simple, right? 


I wish.


I'll let you know how it all goes...don't hold your breath, though. I've just eaten a Choco-Taco.  (Then again, New Year's diets don't really kick in until we go back to school, and besides, I need to get the stuff out of my house, and since the diet hasn't kicked in....)


:) Happy New Year!