This year I have given myself five resolutions. To me, a resolution can either be considered something you want to become better at or something that will help you lead the type of life you want to lead. Thus, my five resolutions are:
- Stop letting people who don't matter to you make you angry; anger is a wasted emotion.
- Don't push yourself so hard; it's okay to take a break occasionally.
- Take more baths.
- Learn how to lose better.
- Hold more babies.
1: Stop letting people who don't matter to you make you angry.
My dad tells me all the time that anger is a wasted emotion. It's usually when I'm angry, so I just tell him to shut up or raise an eyebrow threateningly in his direction. But when I'm in a calmer state of mind I can see that he's completely right. I tend to let small things get under my skin, and they build and build until I am ready to LOSE IT. It's not a great quality. David already has my resolution perfected. He does not give a single shit about what anyone else has to say unless he wants their opinion. So I'm taking a leaf out of his book. If I don't care about someone enough to buy them a Christmas present or care to remember when their birthday is, or if they get hit by a train, why should I let their ideas and words make me angry? I shouldn't.
2: Don't push yourself so hard.
I like to go and go and go and go and go until I'm sick in bed for three days, I can't talk, and my hair falls out. I just feel like I should constantly be doing more things and doing better at them. However, that's not the greatest plan of action for my mental or physical health. Thus, I've decided to take it easy on myself. I'm still taking 18 credits and working, but if something becomes too overwhelming, I may actually be willing to reevaluate things and see how I can change. That's the ultimate goal, anyway. Normally I just pull a "NO! I CAN DO THIS." And I really can't and I end up sick and further behind than if I had just started out in a reasonable manner.
3: Take more baths.
Baths are the single most calming things in the entire universe. I am a bath fanatic. I've been known to take upwards of 3 baths a day, several times a week. Nothing can better take my mind off of stress in my daily life than taking a bath and reading a book not related to schoolwork. Especially if it's an interesting book like a serial killer encyclopedia or a book about what happens to corpses (both have made excellent bathtub material in the past).
4: Learn how to lose better.
This is not, as Kenzy thought when I first told her, about physically losing objects and not being able to find them again. That's counterproductive. This is relating to the fact that I am incredibly competitive and not a fun person to be around when I lose something, especially when I know I should have been able to win. I would really like to work on becoming a not-so-sore loser, and not beating myself up over my less-than-victories. We'll see how it goes, I think #4 is going to be the hardest for me.
5: Hold more babies.
This is kind of along the same lines as number 3. Babies and little kids bring me so much joy and happiness and wonder and hope. They turn my usually very pessimistic world view upside down and make me feel so content. They're just this tiny, warm little human who is programmed to love anyone who holds and feeds them. What could be better than that? Especially when you can hand him or her back to the parents when fussiness or odor sets in.
So, there you have it. My five. What are some of your resolutions? I'd love to hear them :)
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