less fries

New Year's resolutions- do you make them? Are they just promises that you make to yourself but in the end get broken? Like the first few days you're totally I got this, but then a month or two in and it's like uh I'll try again at this when Lent rolls around. So in the mean time you end up feeling all depressed and I'm a failure like because you didn't lose the weight, or quit smoking, or save money. And then the next resolution you'll have is to get off those anti-depressants.
 Every year I say I'm finally going to get around to doing my grown-up stuff like updating my will- don't off me yet because 1) My other previous resolutions haven't happened so I don't have any cool stuff to leave anyone and 2) I haven't made my funeral arrangements- another grown-up thing I was supposed to get to. And then there are the other resolutions that I make like volunteer more- or just volunteer period, eat healthier- just because candy is strawberry flavored it does not count as fruit, and don't drink anymore or any less- actually I've accomplished that one so check mark that.    
I'm not gonna lie, every time New Year's rolls around I use it as a time of reflection and think about what it is I would like to achieve.Three years ago I just wanted to be able to walk upright and although I may still need a cane/walker to assist me, at least I'm standing. This year I think I'm going to go for something a little less extreme like not always saying yes when they ask me if I want fries with that. Yeap, gonna fall back on the eat healthier one. 2014, the year of cardboard. Speaking of fries, I've been trying unsuccessfully for months to learn French so maybe I should stick with that and it can be 2014, the year of a la francaise. No, I totally just used google translate to write that. See, very unsuccessful. Anyway I still have 3 days to come up with something.
So whether your resolutions are short-term or long-term, at least you are thinking about setting goals for yourself. You are imagining the possibility that things can be different or even better for yourself and therein lies the hope that brings in the New Year. A recent post by UglyDucklingsInc.com pretty much sums it up though: "If you want something you've never had, then you've got to do something you've never done."