New Year's Resolutions, my ASS!

I would put money on the fact that probably just about every American has made a New Year's Resolution at some point in their life, and I'd also bank on the fact that a huge percentage of them never really took it seriously, let alone actually followed through and met their goals.  It's so cliche to wait til the first of the year, and vow to change all of your bad habits, or become a "better person" on some level.  I'd even go so far as to guess that MOST of these vows are to lose weight, or be more fit, or something along those lines.  HA!  First of all, good luck.  If your New Year's resolution is simply that you are going to lose weight, you are kidding yourself.  This is the reason that gyms all over the country are jam packed the month of January, and then come February it's just the same old crowd that was on those tread mills last October.  You know, the ones that want you to hurry up and get out of their gym because you're not really gonna stick it out.  The gym, on the other hand loves it because they just sucked you in to a two year contract that you'll use for three weeks, and then donate an arm and a leg to while you sit on your fat ass watching TV.  The most they will get from you is a deep sigh when you drive by it on your way to the nearest drive thru for a greasy burger and super sized french fries.  But what you're gonna be thinking is "those bastards won't let me out of my contract" when what you should really be thinking is "I should have kept going to the gym".  After all, you signed the dang thing.  If you take this personally and are offended, well, it's just reality.  And by the way, I said a huge percentage don't take them seriously.  I didn't say everybody.

So, with that being said... Wanna know my New Year's resolution?

Well... I don't have the body of a super model.  I came by it honestly... spending several years of my life lugging babies around inside my body.  They can't grow in there without me getting bigger too?!  And lemme tell you... three cesarean sections will really do some damage!  But my resolution is not to lose weight.

I am committing to taking the trash out.  Not the trash that's in the can, in the corner of the kitchen... although, that DOES need to be taken out more often.  I mean all of the garbage in my life.

For starters, there's those several hundred "friends" on facebook.  The ones that friend requested me because we sat next to each other in third grade.  Don't get me wrong, I LOVE catching up with old friends, and being in touch with so many of you again.  However, if you think that little bar that asks you "what's on your mind" is full of clothes pins for you to air all of your (or anyone else's) dirty laundry, I probably don't need to read it, and neither does the rest of the world.  If you suspect your husband / wife / boyfriend / girlfriend is cheating on you, or if you're having a fight with your teenage son / daughter... take care of it at home.  Why would you want the kid that sat by you on the bus in sixth grade, but you haven't seen or talked to him since, to have a view into that window?  Better yet, what makes you think that we want to see what's inside?  If I don't even really know you very well personally, I certainly don't need to know that your husband's ex-wife's sister's boyfriend is secretly seeing some red headed girl that was at such and such bar last night.  Tacky.  Also, facebook is not going to charge you for your account.  But they also aren't going to pay you or anyone else for hitting the share button on some link.  Hey guys!!  For every follower I get on my blog here, I'm going to take one of my own dollars and donate it to myself in your honor!  How's that?  Now that's a real promise.  Stop copying and pasting stupid crap.  I recently gave someone advice to keep the good, and delete the drama, in fact, to remove from your life, ANYONE or ANYTHING that causes you anything but happiness.  So, I'm gonna take a spoon full of my own medicine!  Taking out the trash!

So... as for those New Year's Resolutions... I'm not advising that anyone stop making goals.  I'm just suggesting that if you really want that result, that you not give up on yourself and see it through.

Til next time...

DRD