Resolution?

Maybe.

I have had quite a few thoughts rumbling around in my brain for the past month or two concerning the New Year Resolutions that I feel I should make or would like to make.  That being said, how many do I really believe I can accomplish and how many are me blowing smoke out of my mouth?  Whoops, it can't be smoke, I quite that over 4 years ago, yea me!!!

Anyways, here is my list.

1. Get the knee fixed. Scheduled for the 7th so this one is easy.  It's pretty much done.
2. Get back on track working out.  Now see, I have slacked quite a bit in the past 6 months and I am not sure why.  Other than it might have something to do with my knee having a torn cartilage or it could be that I am bored with my workouts.  Let's hope I can figure this one out, I don't want to gain anymore weight this New Year.  That is definitely not on my list.
3. Quite drinking diet soda or soda of any kind.  I just love my Diet Coke or Diet Dr. Pepper, but I think it is holding me back when it comes to being as healthy as I want to be.  You know, that elusive goal that we all have in the back of our minds?  Yeah, that one!  I'm sure it's on this list somewhere.
4. Take a class on photography and understand the whole photography process better.  I got this one in the bag along with getting the knee fixed.  I have signed up for a photography class, just a short community class, which is for four 1 1/2 hours class sessions.  I guess it's a good start on learning all that I want to learn.  Good basics.  I will still need to feel more comfortable with the tech stuff but I guess the class is a good start.
5. Lose 30 pounds.  Now this one I have struggled with the past year.  I lost 55 pounds over the course of one year and managed to keep it off for another year but over this last year, more like the past 6 months, I have gain back about 7 pounds.  Do you think it has anything to do with the knee?  I hope that's what it is, otherwise I am in trouble.  Boredom has set in and I need to struggle out of it.
6. Talk to my Heavenly Father more.  I need to put my Heavenly Father at the top of my list, but as you can see I have not.  So this one will become priority #1 for me.  I promise to you all, and to myself, that if I do nothing else this New Year but have a closer relationship with my Heavenly Father, then it will have been a most successful year.
7. Run a half marathon.  midMan can not figure out why I would want to do this, but those of you who run or jog, which is what I do, will know.  In the process of training I hope to be able to increase my time and still be able to breathe.  Breathing seems to be my issue, if I want to breathe and not gasp for breath, I need to train.
8. Get my family on a better diet, even if it means doing it on the sly.  I really need to figure this one out.  Maybe if I give them no choice when it comes to food, fresh or nothing, they will get it.  But they just might hold a revolt and kick me out of the kitchen for good if I do that.  Hmmmm, maybe not such a bad idea.  (Have you all noticed that everything is about being healthier?  Is this good or am I missing out on some unhealthy fun?)
9. Live a little more frugally so that we can pay off some more bills.  Let's hope midMan and tailEnd understand.

I am sure that there are plenty more that I have forgotten, but tell me, what do you guys think?  Are resolutions good things or are we just setting ourselves up for failure?  Do each of you have a list?  Do you feel you can accomplish all that is on your list?  Do you list items on your list knowing that you probably won't succeed with just that one?  Or do you set yourself up to accomplish all of them?  Are resolutions good or bad?

I personally feel I have set myself up to succeed.  They are all not easy and most are not too hard, but I think with some hard work on my part I can accomplish each one of these and feel better about myself in the process.  Maybe that is what resolutions are all about; feeling better about ourselves.

I wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year with many Happy Returns.

Love to All,

midRae