Yep, I started today off right…with a good attitude, fresh coffee, and, most surprisingly, a bowl of fruit?! Ha I’m trying to be healthier. We will see how it goes…
(view of my MESSY desk and the top of Lauren’s head)
Have you guys started thinking about your New Years Resolutions yet? Do you guys have any ideas for me??
How about I choose a few of you with GRAND ideas for New Years Resolutions and send ya something pretty? Sound good?
And to be honest with you, I never do contests for a reason. Because when you guys leave comments YOU HAVE NO IDEA how excited I get. I read them, think about them, and sometimes even dwell on them all day. And sometimes its your inspirational words that get me through my day! Like I can be having a terrible day and then I can check the blog and BAM you made me smile. I know, I know it’s pretty darn selfish of me!
But I thought since today I have nothing good to tell ya, I might as well make it worth your while! Sound good!?
Cannot wait to read your ideas and hopefully I’ll find one in there for me
LOVE,
SAM
PS. Am I getting ahead of myself talking about the New Year already?! Isn’t the world supposed to end or something?
New Years?! I’m just trying to make it until Christmas! LOL
Play more board games with my kids. I love board games and don’t take enough time to sit down and play them.
Just had a chat with my cousin last night about making family time a priority in 2013. We haven’t seen each other since July and she hasn’t had a chance to meet my newest baby girl. We’ll see each other in two weeks and just can’t wait to have our kids play togetehr. See, we grew up together and played Barbies for hours on end as kids. We hope for the same for ours!
I have rarely EVER had a New Year’s Resolution, but for 2013, I DO!!
One of my dearest friends lost her husband in a workplace accident on Labor Day of this year. He was only 35 years old, and they have two small boys ages 3 and 6. (My kiddos are the same ages.)
Holly’s husband would have turned 36 this coming Saturday, and the town where we work is hosting a 5K in his honor. About 8 weeks ago, I started training for this run. If you knew me personally, you would KNOW what a big deal this is because – well, I DON’T RUN. I should exercise, but I always have some reason not to. In any event, I started running for Holly and I haven’t stopped.
In 2013, my resolution is to continue running. In fact, I want to run in a half marathon at the end of April. There is a run at the beach called the Divas Half Marathon and I want to be ready for it.
So that’s my resolution. Run. Run through the pain. Run for all those who have pain. They must go on and so can you!
To pay it forward.
Learn a new fun outdoor activity with the kids. Something we can do often.
Finally take the kids camping.
Learn to leave the house without make-up. (I do not want my daughter to have a skewed idea of beauty, teach them it is on the inside)
My resolution this year is to keep pushing myself to create a successful business so that I can continue to be home with my children. I want to be able to instill in them the values I choose for them, not the values of a sitter or a daycare. (Not saying their values wouldn’t be good, or even better than my own!)
It’s funny you posted this, because I was thinking about it today. I was waiting in the drive through at Dunkin’ Donuts for my coffee and I decided on a whim that I wanted to pay for the person behind me. So I did. And it made me feel great! I’ve been dealing with too much petty family stuff and drama and it’s stressing me out. I’m not that kind of person. So, I decided that for my New Year’s Resolution, I was going to pay it forward to someone every month. I’d like to say every week, but not sure I could pull that off, lol! So, every month in December, I’m going to do something nice for a random stranger. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep the feeling I had today throughout the year and keep the pettiness & family drama away.
My New Year’s Resolution is going to look something like this: SLOW DOWN. I get so dissapointed in myself when days fly by and I haven’t really enjoyed my kids, my life, my husband. I may even make a couple of days a week TECH FREE in our house!!
My resolution for 2013….I want to find “the next big thing”. That ONE thing that I truly love doing with all of my heart that somehow makes me enough money to keep staying home with my sweet children AND maybe enough left over to buy an entirely new wardrobe! Darn Pinterest has shown me that my style is desperately needing a few things!!!!
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Hi! I really like this one– Celebrate more and worry less. Going to try and accomplish it next year xoxo
Katya
It is more than a new years resolution, just a main theme I really need to work on…not letting my chemical depression run my life. I had my cards read the other night and a part of it was how I project beauty to the world but don’t feel that way on the inside. I need to work on feeling good internally and living my life as beautiful as it should be!
My New Years Resolution is stop and help. Whether it be opening a door, giving someone that extra penny they are short on, or picking up a meal for someone in a restaurant. Too many people around us are always on the go! And yes, life is crazy for everyone, but sometimes its nice to just put a smile on a strangers face for whatever reason
Then tend to pay it forward too!!! Let’s start that cycle 
I have had change on the mind for a few weeks now! I am so ready for the New Year! A few of my New Year’s resolutions are 1. More quality time with my kids and one on one time with each of them. 2. Make more time for myself! I am always so busy running my kids around from one event to the next, always buying them nice, expensive clothes, etc. and here I sit in 3 year old sweatpants! And last but not least 3. Don’t sweat the small stuff. I spend about 99% of my time worrying about something. I need to learn to just let it go and I think I will find myself much more happier!
My biggest resolution is to get fit. I have been carrying around this “baby weight” for far too long…too long to actually call it baby weight anymore
I want to improve my overall health, and hopefully losing weight is a nice side effect.
I also want to let go of some of the anger and resentment I have been carrying and get my relationship with my sister on the right track.
Mine would have to be to have Patience and to try to help others in need more! What I mean by help others is not always by giving or doing but by acting in kindness! Sometimes someone needs kindness in their lives by a person rather than material things! Happy holidays!!!
We are doing habitat for humanity as a family…also donating family time in other volunteering ways. One more thing, I want them to know their grandparents stories and the things they taught me so we are going to be hanging out with our elderly relatives ALOT more!
My New Year’s Resolution is to compliment someone every day. It ‘s easy to forget how to feel good about yourself, especially for me. Maybe if I pass that feeling along to others it will bounce back to me! Spread the compliments 2013!
My new years resolution is to continue with my weight loss journey. Nothing very original I know, but it means the world to me. In Nov 2011 I decided I was sick of being overweight and unhealthy and started weight watchers. Since then I have lost 40lbs, gone off my blood pressure medicine, and feel a whole heck of a lot better about myself most days — that should be another resolution actually — to cut myself some slack when I screw up one day and stop judging myself by a number on a scale. I need to give myself a little credit for how far I have come in a healthy way.
Cheers to 40lbs down and 40 to go … and a new wardrobe that includes skinny jeans and momma MJ!
How about “Be Good To Yourself”! Your spread the love really made me reflect on how many GREAT woman I know that do so much for others and rarely think of themselves. I want to tell them all to take an hour a week or 5 minutes a day, JUST FOR THEM
I can only imagine you amazing MJ ladies are the same way, always doing for us, answering comments/complaints, helping people in need, and the list goes on. It is healthy to take a minute for “you”, just a walk, a trip to your favorite shop, lunch with a friend, ANYTHING that makes you feel good 
Here is to a great New Year Sam, it’s your year…take it by the reins!
Several years ago, one of my dearest friends and I decided to pick a word for the year, instead of a “resolution”. For 2013, I have picked “balance”. I have a family and run a small business and finding a balance between the two is becoming ever so hard. With having a home office and mobile devices, it has truly become a juggling act between work and family. Sometimes it is time to unplug.
This year I’m going to try to compliment a stranger everyday possible and offer more smiles and positivity to anyone around me!
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to “not sweat the small stuff”. I want to focus more on keeping things in perspective, and “letting go” of trying to have complete control over everything all the time. I find myself trying to be perfect at everything, but then I have no time for myself and to relax. I just want to slow down a little this year and enjoy my family… my 3 and 4 year old are growing up way too fast! I am going to strive not to over-commit myself to extra activities and to focus on what’s really important in life
I have started thinking about my New Year’s Resolution recently too. This is the year I am going to make my dreams come true! I never thought I would say that I wanted to be a stay at home mom, but after the birth of our daughter, I know I truly want to be there making memories with her more. I have spoken to my husband and we are trying to get on the right path so that we can either get to a point where I work less or completely stay home with our baby girl. I want nothing more, this year and every year, than to see my baby girl grow up and learn right before my eyes. I want to take her on adventures, and experience the world with her. Yes, the money that my job brings me is nice…but what is more important, the money, or the most precious gift I was every given? I know that my daughter will be taken care of an provided for even if I am not teaching full time. This year, I resolve to be a mom who is more involved in my child’s life than ever before. I resolve to be the mom who is holding her daughter’s hand and creating memories for the scrapbook, not the mom who is too busy being wrapped up in work all the time. I think this year is the year!
Hi Sam! And your blog posts make us smile
My New Year’s resolution this year is different from the usual lose weight that I always say I’m gonna do. Instead, my resolution this time is that I plan on slowing down and taking the time to celebrate each day for the wonderful blessing that it is, whether I’m having a good day or a bad day, and try to remember that it’s all the simple little things about my day that make it special no matter what. My dad passed away eight weeks ago somewhat unexpectedly and I miss him greatly, wishing I had taken more time to enjoy each day we had together no matter how mundane. So that’s my life lesson I’ve taken away from this experience and why I’m hoping to use this resolution to truly enjoy next year in a way I never have before 
I’ve started thinking about New Year’s Day as well. Of course, it doesn’t fall off my radar because my firstborn will be 9 on the 1st. She loves having her birthday on New Year’s Day.
My New Year’s Resolution is two part – 1) to feel. Stop just going through the motions and start going through the EMOTIONS. and 2) take better care of myself so I can feel more, but hopefully also better. As (mostly) a stay-at-home mom, it’s tough to remember to put some of my needs first when my days are spent making sure that everyone else is happy.
My resolution is to look on the brighter side of things! It has been a hard thing to do this year.
My New Year’s Resolution is to do one new good deed once a week and involving the kids in delivering these good deeds.
Some good deeds will involve volunteering, donating money to charity or just for no reason at all (I like the idea of leaving the correct change with a cute note for a drink at a vending machine/gumball machine) or plowing the driveway/mowing the lawn of the sweet elderly couple down my street….
We couldn’t wait to get started so we are sponsoring a child for our local Toys for Christmas event and the usual Operation Christmas Child.
Good New Years resolutions idea
-randomly text someone different everyday to say hi or that you are thinking about them probably someone you don’t talk to on a daily basis it’s such a nice thing to hear from an old friend or family member it puts a smile on my face
A few of my resolutions this coming year:
1. Learn to live by these words: “Sometimes you need to stop over-thinking, being over analytical, and too critical. Sometimes you just need to go where the heart takes you”.
2. Organize and de-clutter my home (and MAKE time to do the fun things I find on Pinterest
3. Remember to be affection to those I love, show kindness to those I don’t, and count my blessings every day. Making the resolution to always have a positive attitude will change your entire outlook on life!
I am going to teach my kids the spirit of giving, not just at the holidays but everyday. I will lead by example by volunteering with my kids. We will be putting aside a certain amount per week to give away to that hungry person standing on the exit ramp, special things at church or a charity. I hope to give them enjoyment by making someone else happy rather than getting some material thing for themselves.
Best idea for new year resolution? Be true to yourself! Which pretty much means, stay just the way you are =). I’m kinda old compared to you and let me tell you, I’ve broken almost all resolutions… they were simply not me, I was forcing stuff on myself that just didn’t work for me. Now I don’t stress anymore, I am who I am! Choose joy!
I’m always inspired by my husband & 5 kiddos abilities to relish the moment & their free spirits brighten my days. Being the Type A personality that I am, I’m guilty of always looking beyond the blessed day I’ve been given to the next day, week, upcoming event or deadline. I’m also guilty of looking back…holding on to past stresses & hurts.I strive so hard to have all the loose ends of life tied up that I forget to see the gift in each day. My New Years Resolution this year is be PRESENT in each day, focus on what that day holds,& savor it.
Last year I resolved to finally get into gear and do something for MYSELF (instead of everyone else.) It’s hard as a mom to find that balance but I made myself a priority and really kicked it into high gear. I’m happy to say I lost over 60 lbs and took up running. I’m in a much happier place now and encourage everyone to give running a try, you CAN do it (I was the girl who skipped gym class when we had to run “the mile.”) Now I can run 13.1 of them! As for upcoming resolutions, I’m vowing to keep up my healthier lifestyle and enjoy the benefits of my reduced size (shop a bit for mama!)
Your desk looks like mine, although, I may have a few more ‘layers’ of stuff on mine.
I always have a New Year’s Resolution to get more organized and it never happens. Hmmm. I blame it on the artist in me! LOL My biggest resolution is the health and nutrition of myself and my family. I have already started making the transition to healthier food choices, cutting out processed foods, and educating myself on nutrition. Well you have to have a little exercise in there if you want to be healthy, so what do I do? I commit myself to running a HALF MARATHON(scared face)!!! Now, I know there are plenty of people that can and have run 13.1 miles, but I, never in a million years would have thought that I would be running that far. Seriously, I always said that the only way I would run would be if a pack of wild dogs were chasing me. LOL So, there you go, my resolution for 2013 is to train for a run a half marathon. I am very determined and can already run a 5k. It never ceases to amaze me that I can do that. I started the Couch to 5K program in September and I surprisingly enjoy it. It helps me to have a very specific goal though, for sure! Excited to see everyone’s resolutions/goals. 
My New Years Resolution to unplug a bit. We are all so connected through website, emails, etc., we neglect spending quality time with those around us. So I am intentionally unplugging to invest more in the lives of my family and friends on a more personal level.
Just Breathe! That is my goal for the New Year. If only I was good at taking my own advice.
borrowed from my oldest daughter, something so simple
grab a journal and a fancy pen
each day write down something wonderful (a yummy meal, a meeting with a friend, a special memory, act of kindness, etc)
each day write down whatever might be weighing you down
This way you will never forget all the good in your life, and you won’t carry around the worry, either!
She does this each day ~ and she’s only 4!
My resolution is to unplug from my computer, cell phone, ipad…and to plug more into my relationships. Sometimes I need to remember what really matters.
I love that you are thinking about New Year’s resolutions already. It’s kinda ironic ’cause I was just thinking about mine last week.
One of mine is a very popular one and that’s to get fit and start eating better.
But my GRAND one is to give a little of myself each day to someone else. Maybe it’s my husband…sitting on the couch with him talking about our days or maybe it’s my children…. scratching their backs at night or reading an extra book to them before bedtime or signing their favorite song to them. Or giving our unwanted clothing to Goodwill or a clothing drive. Or giving a little something to a clear stranger…. like paying for the person’s drink that’s behind me in the drive through…. or just smiling and saying hello to everyone you pass. Kids in general are so inspiring…. I mean my girls, whenever there is a charity to raise money they want to give it all! I want to be more like that. AND you, Sam, and Matilda Jane as a company inspire me to do this, too. Human nature is to be selfish, and hold onto those possessions, but y’all really make me feel like we should go that extra mile to give what we can.
Ya know I love this quote by Anne Frank: “No one has ever become poor by giving.”
I hope I can do this! And just think if we all did this…. the lives of others just might be changed also.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New year, Matilda Jane! Spread the LOVE!!!!
Mine is most definitely “do SOMETHING”, i can come up with all of these great ideas but then never actually do them. So this year I am going to do something, get involved in with a teen mom ministry, exercise more, eat a little better, and then get on the floor and play with my kids. Something is better than nothing even if it isn’t much.
My New Year’s resolution had to be something realistic, and simple–or else i’d forget or put it aside to revisit when it was too late to be truly meaningful. For 2013 I decided to make it a point to either say thank you or write a quick thank you note to someone every day. A little gratitude can go a long way and I want the people who touch my life, be it in big or little ways, to know how much I appreciate them being a part of my life.
I am a planner, so I am always thinking WAY ahead. My new years resolution is to do something everyday that will make someone smile….in other words, make a difference.
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I want to pass this on to my daughters and grandchildren. Everyone always says how nice I am, but I want to actually make a difference…whether it be delivering a meal to a family in need, holding a door and wishing someone a good day on a day when I think I am the busiest women in the world, or doing something to make my family happy….this is something I am going to strive for. I am not going to wait until New Year’s though…I am starting now, so it will be a sustainable habit come 1-1-2013. I am also going to take up a new hip craft…and be successful at it! (this will take some time and effort)…becuase I am going to resolve to make…yes MAKE a homemade gift for every member of my family (including the in-laws) that they will like and use….put a little more time and thought into the season, rather than buy presents like they are going out of style. (Don’t get me wrong, plenty of purchases are still going to be made…love Matilda Jane for my nieces and grand kids
i’m trying to keep it simple, yet meaningful this year.
laugh more, and worry less.
i’ve gradually become my grandma … who was the biggest worrier and fun-wrecker ever. bless her heart
To lose 30 lbs before we try to have another little one. To be healthy for myself and for my children.
Unplug and be more present
I have several, but #1 is to be more organized! I have grand plans of organization that always fail because I get too obsessed with tiny details to finish organizing anything. Like I will go to organize a closet and spend hours going though just one box
I am tired of losing stuff and wasting time looking for it, so this is a must for me! Thank you for your blog entry – it’s always fun to read the comments!!!
New Year’s Resolution…. hmm.. i have a pretty serious one. Why do we find time for exercise and never time with God in the mornings?? Rush, rush, rush all the time!! I want to WAKE UP EARLIER each morning in 2013 & start out in prayer and thinking of OTHERS….then, yes, exercise in the morning (sure…who doesnt’ want to make that their resolution)…but I want that to be my SECOND priority!!
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Nope, it’s not too early to think about the New Year and resolutions! My favorite of all resolutions came from Carrie’s Lincoln last year … “Live the secret dreams of your heart.” I am going to stick with it again this year … and maybe every year as long as I am able to do a New Year’s resolution! Here it goes from December 30, 2011 – cut and pasted: Lincoln, my son, gave me the idea for my third one, and its a great idea. We were talking about a fortune he got from a cookie on Christmas day. His was ‘you are surrounded by true friends’; then he turns to me and says “you know what else would be a good fortune for a cookie” -”live the secret dreams of your heart.” Wow, pretty good advice from a six year old. So that is my challenge to myself and to you. To live the secret dreams of your heart. I always wanted to write a book or a song. I think that 2012 is the year that I am going to do it. They might not be best sellers or chart toppers but they will be mine.
My New Year’s resolution is out with the old when I bring in the new!! Purge, purge, purge will be my mantra. Most of the old stuff goes unused, and sometimes I lose track of the new stuff in the clutter. So now it will be one in, one out! I’ll have a cleaner more organized home and someone else will benefit from the unused stuff.
P.S. Hosting my first MJ trunk show on Wednesday and am so excited!! Great response from my girlfriends so far.
My resolution is to make a difference (even small) to someone everyday. It may just be a smile or short conversion, or it could be a coffee or donation. Just something everyday! What if every body did this? Whoa!
Clarification: That’s Carrie who is going to write a book or a song – not me! I am sticking with “Live the secret dreams of your heart” … the song writing and book writing stays with Carrie!
For new years I like the idea of starting fresh by which I mean getting rid
of all worries, hard feelings, self doubt, and any other type of negative feelings from this year. Just wiping it blank and being excited and open to the things the new year may bring
So, you gals at MJC are always doing things for others. I think your resolution (as well as mine) should be to spend at least 10 minutes a day on something for YOU. Even if it’s some kind of project that will take a week or two to get done. Devote 10 minutes a day to sit down and take a breather, some you time, doing something you love for YOU. When the ten minutes is up, get back to other things that need to be done, if you don’t have more than 10 minutes to devote to your thing. At least you’ll get ten minutes to yourself a day (bathroom time not included, that seems like the only ‘me’ time I get!).
Speak less, reflect more.
I am going to make a conscious effort to think about my thoughts a little longer so I can relay them with more meaning. When we are given a chance to think about our thoughts a little longer, we can make sure they come out in a way as to build each other up and inspire. 
My resolution is to try and do something helpful for someone everyday. Whether its giving someone a compliment or carrying an old ladies groceries to her car. I want my kids to get involved with this also!!
Besides from getting healthy again and loosing baby weight from Miss Grace…..I am determined to learn how to use my dslr camera out of auto mode! I am also determined to sit down at my sewing machine & create more!
My new years resolutions are simple. I prefer to think of them as Life resolutions though since I plan on keeping them forever. One I’ve already started. Weight loss. I am down 89 lbs. I am into MJ clothes. WOO HOO!
Two- live simply. Buy less. Live more. We have too much, others don’t have enough. It’s time to cut back and give to others. I’ve given most of Kylee’s too small clothes to kids at school and you would think it was Christmas! I love it!
Three- Live. Enjoy life. Love till it hurts. Hug my family and friends and laugh till I cry. Which I actually did the other night. GREAT story there.
To start living more in the moment. I want to stop looking at the clock and wishing time would go by quicker. Life goes by so fast i want to try and take in every moment and start enjoying whatever it is im doing.
I’ve decided to keep a journal of things I’m thankful for each day. Not anything profound or lengthy, just a short list of three or so things every day. I can’t wait to get a big list jotted down and be able to read through and realize again how blessed we are and what has made me smile. And I’d love to be able to pass it down to my kids so they can read what their mom was thankful for.
I take things one day at a time! With three kids it’s what works best for me:) I tell myself every night to make the next day better, be a better mom, make happy times with my kids. I do the best that i can:) I know Sam you are in a great relationship, congrats. My hubby and i have been married for over 13 years! (married young). This year has been a challenging one with three kids, school, activities and my hubby’s work is demanding there’s just no time left for us. I always make time for our kids, they’re my life and i know to be a better mom i make sure to take 5 for me:) but at the end of the day there is never time for us. My resolution is to make the time and take the time to rekindle our marriage. You know the feeling of carefree love at the beginning of a relationship, that’s what we need. Life’s busy but i know our family is based on strong relationships and for us and our kids to see this love is so important. I have BIG IDEAS! for a suprise wedding vow renewal this summer with my husband! My mind is spinning with school, activities, gatherings, Christmas but i want to make this my #1 priority for the new year! I will be putting my heart and soul into it and i know it will be amazing! Wish me luck!
Cheers,
Michelle
This past weekend I took my girls (5 and 8) to see a high school performance of Beauty and the Beast. Got me thinking that I really need to do more with my girls to expose them to arts and culture. So, one New Years resolution I think I can totally stick to will be to do one arts/culture activity or event with my family at least once a month.
My resolution will be to talk less and listen more!!!
My resolution this year will be to lose 150 lbs. Yes, I said 1-5-0. I have a 14-month old daughter and I would love for her to have a sibling to grow up with. (Not to mention take cute pictures of!)That won’t happen without some weight loss. I would also love to be able to actually wear MJC Adult clothes! For now, I’m an MJ bag addict and of course, my little girl looks so pretty in the clothes. I’ve joined a gym so far this month. Now, I’m working through the diet aspect. It’s a massive goal, but if I don’t do it now, it will be too late to have another baby!
For me it is to not value STUFF so much. To disconnect from email/facebook/cellphones and really stay in the moment. Being in Africa made me realize that I need to stay focused on what is in front of me and not get distracted.
My New Year’s Resolution (ok, #1 of about 10) is to volunteer / give back to others more. I’ve realized this past year that the little I do for others in need is not nearly enough.
My New Year’s resolution is to somehow find time to do something fun with my kids each week until June. In January my husband leaves for South Korea to start a tour in the Army. Also at that time, my nurse practioner program cranks up and I have to work 40 hrs per week and find the time to do about 3-4 hours of homework each night. I have to do all of this as a single mom since my nearest relative is 8 hours away! I hope to find time on the weekends to have fun with the kids- or else everyone will be going crazy lol.
Mine:
1) to have the courage to say NO- to things that overload my life and don’t matter.
2) stop biting my nails (um- Ive said this every year)
3) Love more, hug more, sit more, laugh more….
4) Finally finish the study….
5) Get my rear in gear and start running again! Gosh I have been lazy!!!
6) clean out my closet! Robyns gets all the attention!!!
For you Sam-
Resolve to keep it real:)
1) Keep being Sam. Its the best thing to be.
We are going to volunteer as a family for something like Habitat for Humanity…to start off with! I want my children to learn to give back and that not everyone has everything that they need. Also, I want them to know about summers like I spent with my Grandmother…I want them to spend time with out older relatives and learn about our past!
Mine is simple, really.. I just want to be more committed to writing in my journal. Time goes so quickly and it seems like such an easy thing to do, but I get SO FAR behind! So, I am kicking off 2013 with a promise that I will try to better document the happenings in my household.
THANKS for this – super fun!
I want to spend one night a week at home with my kids and husband without the tv on or computer. The hustle and bustle of life has replaced the relaxing time we spend together talking and learning about each other.
To leave love letters for my husband. No joke-I have decided that we are so hectic in our crazy busy lives of children and work that I don’t stop and appreciate him as I should. So, I think my new year’s resolution is going to be love letter writing–more concrete than just “be a better wife” and I think it will make me a better wife!
I think 2013 is going to be the year of the spider for me. I am so afraid of them! So for 2013 everytime I see a spider I am going to touch it and maybe let it crawl on my fingers a little. Hopefully by the end of 2013 my fear will be gone and I won’t have to scream everytime I see one:)
Gosh, I have so many and many are the same year after year! (I’m not sure if that’s a good thing – HA!) I’d have to say the top one this year that I’d like to be successful with is to connect with family and friends more often in the traditional way! Facebooking, blogging, emailing and texting are such convenient ways to keep in touch with loved ones but it has become so impersonal! What has happened to a phone call, a card, a handwritten note? I plan to do a better job taking time to call the people I care about instead of texting or emailing them. I hope to do a better job of sending cards and having the kids write notes or draw pictures to family members we don’t see very often. I know it means so much to our elders to receive something so special in the mail.
1. Read more
2. End of day for everyday – write down 5 things you are thankful for that day
3. Hug your kids/family members at least once a day
4. Go to gym 3x a week
5. Eat something new every month (try a new veg, cuisine, etc)
This past year, I have found myself getting upset and giving in to being mad far too many times. My cable is out, mad. My dog had an accident, mad. My husband forgot to put the trash out, mad. My kids purposely poured juice on the floor, mad. I don’t have time to be mad anymore, it is so not worth it. My new year’s resolution this year is to take a deep breath, and purposely BE HAPPY. I don’t want my kids to see me mad over little things, because I know they will pick that behavior up and be mad if everything is not exactly how they want it too. I have so much to be happy about, and this year, Im gonna show it and pass it along to everyone I see!
For 2012, my resolution was to lose weight. I’m proud to say that I’ve lost 30lbs so for 2013 I would like to continue on my journey to living a happy, healthy life. I would also love to buy a house in 2013!
To live Simpler. Less “stuff” and more “life”!! O.k and to follow through with my creative projects:)
More reading, more playing with my kids, more doing, more being in the moment with my loved ones, more smiling, more chocolate, more walks in the sunshine………less Internet, tv, phone, less wasting time on things that don’t matter, less frowning, less worrying
To say our prayers in the morning on the way to school/work instead of just at night. We live by a school so traffic is slow and most mornings we have to stop and wait. I think that it will help to start each day off on the right foot, and remind both me and my daughter to be thankful each day. Mornings are crazy and rushed at our house dressing my 2 year old and getting her fixed, only to turn around and find her standing on her head with one shoe on, one shoe off…requesting a bow on the for the hair she has just made “wild.” I really feel like this quick little prayer will help me relax and refocus for the day.
I decided to make a “New Year, New lifestyle” resolution. Unfortunately, over the years I have allowed myself to become someone I am not too proud of. I find myself being less patient with people, including my own husband and children. I find myself being grumpy too much…lazy too much…and just unhappy too much. Why? I have so much to be happy and thankful for. I do not want to waste 1 more minute of my life being bitter. I WILL be happy, I WILL count my blessings, I WILL be more patient, I WILL love like there is no tomorrow (maybe there won’t be come 12/21..lol)
This is a big one, not sure that I will really do it, but…finish my private pilot certificate. I work in aviation and starting flying before my daughter was born. I have been using her, money, etc as an excuse not to do it, but how exciting (and a bit scary at this moment) would that be and fulfilling, to be able to fly a plane by myself. So that’s it!
My resolution is to compare myself to others LESS! I am always comparing how I look, how I raise my kids, what they have, what they do, how active they are to myself and my life and is it so counterproductive. I have my health, an awesome husband, two wonderful kids, the list goes on and on. There is no reason to expect more or expect different. So I will try to stop comparing and be grateful for exactly what my life is and exactly as it is supposed to be! Thanks for making me take the minute to think about that!
I am a mother of 3 at 4-years of age and younger and don’t get to do a lot of things for myself. For 2013, my resolution is to do something on a regular basis to better myself – I want to take a wine class, learn how to be a better cake decorator, take a sewing class and I’ve already enrolled in a Discipleship school to strengthen my relationship with Christ. I pour so much into my family and am just really excited to learn more about things that I am passionate about and they will also benefit from! Happy New Year Sam!!
My New Years resolution is to take a family picture once a week. All too often I get caught up in our busy lives and the days are over before I know it. I want to make sure I capture my family of 5 (with three kids under age 4). A family picture every week. I’m going to make it happen! Love your clothes! Actually hosting a truck show this Friday!
This christmas I started a prayer tree with my little ones and as they have special wishes or prayers (or there firends ) we write them roll them up add them to our tree ( a stick tree) and next year we are going to read through everyones wishes and prayers and mail them a card letting them know we prayed for them all year about whatever…. and next December we will start ALL over. This is our BIGGEST resolution ever as I want my little ones involved and praying for others. My pay it forward for the year
My resolution is to Have an apple and a carrot everyday…so I Keep the doctor away!
I will blow dry my hair (at least once a week) ha! Goodbye everyday wet bun, hello one day blow out! Wear more lipstick and wear less worries!
Hey Sam,
I don’t know about you, but I always feel great when I declutter. How about for a resolution you declutter ONE little piece of your life every day? A draw, your car, a closet? any you could even have big goals like doing one room from top to bottom every month. Oh, I should do this too!
<3 Mel
The one I always try to do is “learn to meditate” I think it would be so good for me and for everyone that i interact with
Not sayin
Be the kind of person I want my children to grow up to be
Send out a “I’m thinking of you” card out at least once a month to a random family member or friend. It’s such a great feeling as you’re doing it and knowing that someone is going get a smile out of it
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Say NO to some busy body things and spending things so I can say YES to some really impactful things that M.A,D. (Make a difference). ——>. I want to M.A.D. Not go mad!
Well, for me, getting back to my daily walk…I started off great in September but got lost when the weather got colder!
Ayssa
Act on the ideas that go through my head about helping others, rather then them never happening.
I’m thinking about trying to do one random act of kindness every day, or at least once a week. Like pay someone’s toll, or buy someone’s coffee, or leave a flower on someone’s car.
Our family resolution this year and will continue to be for next year, definitely is good for everyone! We purposefully take time every day to say we love each other in our household. It seems simple but life gets in the way, daily stress, daily struggles and something about taking a very intentioned moment to say I Love You to my kids or my husband, or hearing it from one of them has a way of putting everything in perspective. Slow down and love on the ones you love!
I have a love/hate relationship with New Years resolutions
Some years I refuse to set them because they just set myself up for disappointment and lack of follow through. Some years I get really ambitious and set the bar really high. But last year, my daughter was 2 1/2 and I was 6 months preggo with my little boy, I decided to set a resolution that was huge and simple. I was going to enjoy the small things, bask in the glory of God, live in the moment. And I feel like I did just that this last year. And it was the best year of my life! (Although I think I say that every year 
!!) My house has never been messier and Im often scatterbrained. But my babies are happy! My husband and I are happy. Because each day I chose to not worry about the things I could not change and be thankful for the things we DO have.
So this year I will set a New Years resolution again. I want to dig deeper in myself. To look into my heart. I want everything I do to be purposeful. I was just telling my hubs the other day that it seems that every year that passes, goes by faster than the last. He laughed and told me that was a lesson of the ages.
I want everything I do, everyday, to be good. I want to teach my kids that time is precious, and to spend every valuable moment in a way that serves God and others. I know that it is another big and simple resolution. But I hope that it turns this year into another best year of my life!
How about trying to Pay it Forward in some way if not every day, then once or twice a week? I know I feel so much better when doing this, although its nice to be on the receiving end too
Cook w the kids and have more family dinners around the dining table.
My resolution is to let go and love…love without worrying about a clean house, the million things I need to do, the laundry that is piling up, the bills,… Just LOVE…love everyone I see at work, at home, and wherever I go. To love is to give a free gift to someone. And there are many people that need this gift. So LOVE more, worry less, and enjoy every day.
Hi Sam – I always make resolutions and don’t seem to end up keeping them. However, this year i want to make mine stick. You see, I have three very dear friends who I have known over 25 years now….we used to get together once a summer (we all live in separate states) and the day to day things in life have gotten in the way and we haven’t all been together in 5 years. My resolution is for the four of us to take a long weekend and be together. Why? We have to “Live well, laugh often, and love much”…Happy Holidays!
As I was thinking about a New Years resolution it just makes me chuckle! I laugh at the things that pop in my head. I know I’ll last about a week and then start eating chocolate again… Or spend $$$ on things I shouldn’t. I can never stay with it! So, with that said I would like to this year just live! No expectations… Just laugh, smile and enjoy my family. Roll with what’s ahead and to be happy in the moment. That is my resolution this year!!!!
My biggest resolution is to get back to the basics. Take more time for my daughter, my husband, my home and most importantly myself. I need to cut back in so many areas of my life and focus my attention on the basic/simple things that matter the most.
My New Years resolution is to be a more “hands free” mom. I’m all too often telling my kids to hold on while I am on the phone or reading email. While they are in the tub, I’m reading email, the news, checking FB, etc…I want to spend more time with them and having more conversation about everyone’s day.
Do good. Something to make someone smile everyday. The little things… a sticky note on the mirror, a card just because, anticipating when someone needs help and doing it before they ask.
I want to start my New Years Resolution now. I want to slow down and get that quality time in with my two little ones. Instead of saying I can’t when I am asked to do something, I will tell myself it can wait. The time with them is too precious. I also resolve to use more patience with them. I am a special education teacher and often find that by the time I get home, my patience cup has run empty.
My new year resolution will to be to straighten up after the kids are in bed and before I go to sleep so I don’t have to spend my weekends cleaning, and can spend that time with my family. Easier said than done. :/
Mine would be to journal or blog about one thing each day. Whether good or bad, funny or sad I know I’ll want to remember these times with my littles when they are grown!
Funny because I have actually been thinking about my New Years resolutions and really want to make it meaningful this year. I have a few but my main one is to be more involved in life…life with my family, friends, church, community… I want to be present and really do more and be more. I feel like so many times I forget to really enjoy the moment or take time to really appreciate my time with whomever I am with and I want that to change.
I am doing the 30 Sugar Free Days challenge and hope to get my focus off my addiction to sugar and onto better things like my family and leading my church ladies group, crafting my husband etc…did u know the compare sugar addiction to a heroin addiction…crazy and i know i am addicted!
My New Years Resolution – SLOW DOWN, do the things that really matter, and learn to let the rest go! Life’s too short!
Hmmm New Years! WOW! I have thought on a few but the one I most want to capture is to set “traditions” for my small family of four. Somethings my kids will hopefully carry on to theirs and remember me while sharing the excitement and togetherness within their families. Yep! That’s my number one resolution!
My resolution is to do a better job of “welcoming” my husband home each day. It’s such a whirlwind when the school bus comes home, kids want snacks, dinner is on the stove (oven), homework, friends coming over, etc.! When my husband walks in the door, I tend to give him a glance and say “hey”. I resolve to take a moment, give him a hug and kiss, and remind him how glad I am to have him home with us.
Set monthly “dates” with everyone in my family. My husband and I could surely use a night out every once in a while and I think if we put it on the calendar we can stick with it. I also think we should have individual time with each child. As wonderful as family time is I would love to shower each of my children with some time that is solely theirs.
Wear a pedometer and aim for 10,000 steps a day
My new years resolution is to spread the love of Matilda Jane to EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE, I get so giddy when someone comments on my outfit and I am able to tell them where I got it, and I get to share with them how much I love Matilda Jane. I will be a new tk this spring and I am estatic (spelling??) I hope to be able to share my new career with many new customers next year ( maybe I am not even allowed to enter these blog contest anymore?, but its not about winning to me its all about finding, enjoying and sharing a passion and love for something you truly believe in.)
For 2013, I want my motto to be “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” I am always trying to do everything for everybody, and I end up completely frazzled and on the verge of insanity
I want to focus on “letting go” of always trying to control things and just enjoy life more. I want to slow down 2013 and take in every single second of my kids, husband, family and friends…just to truly focus on what is important and not to “sweat the small stuff.”
My new year’s resolution is to be a better mom, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, teacher, friend. To basically slow down, take it all in and try not to do too much. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in all of it and forget about stopping, taking a look around and taking in my girls. I have 3 beautiful, fun-loving, silly daughters who are growing up in front of me so very fast. I look back and think, where did the time go? I realize, that I didn’t actually miss anything with my girls as they are with me 24/7 but being around them and actually “being with” them are 2 totally different things. Last night, we got home late from a Christmas party and dad “my husband” put the girls to bed. I heard them talking as I walked down the hall and realized, this is the perfect moment…. so I walked into the room, jumped on the bed with the 4 of them and said, who wants to tickle daddy? All 3 girls said, me first, me first. So I held daddy down and let the girls tickle him. We laughed until we cried. Basically we were able to make a memory…. and that is what I want for my family, making memories that will last a lifetime. I don’t want my girls to remember me for things like, yeah, my mom was a devoted school teacher, but instead, remember me and the memories even the silly ones that shape who we are and will become. Things come and go, but a child is only a child for a moment and then it’s gone, I want no regrets and I want none for my girls. So I plan on taking the slow easy road ahead, enjoying and taking in every possible moment, making sure I make the best of what is ahead of me.
I want to really pursue photography, maybe even as a buisness.
My New Years resolution is to spend more time getting to know God and His word. In my Sunday school class this past week, we were talking about how so much of what we know about church and the stories of the bible are what we were taught by our parents and their parents before them. We talked about the importance of getting in God’s word ourselves and reading about His truths, not taking verses out if context but looking at the whole book. I challenge myself as well as all of you to read the Bible daily this upcoming year and discover the lessons God intended for us.
My resolution is to be more mindful of making sure that I really “live in the moment”. Not to let things cloud me from being fully present and really enjoying the moment whether it be time with my kids or my husband or anything really. I think in today’s day there are so many things to distract us from doing that and really, I can’t think of anything more important at the end of the day than time spent with friends and family.
My number one resolution is to slow down and leave my iphone on the charger not in my hand. I’ve already started to distance myself from my smartphone. I know I will get more done, spend more quality time with my husband and my 3 and 6 year old. Who knows, I may even have time for a few new books!
I was introduced to MJ just over a year ago and LOVE it ALL!! I think it made me realize what my resolution for the year should be, which is to simplify. I realized as I began thinking about it that “simplify” is actually complex. Not only do I want it to influence my finances and material assets, but I want it to be in my health, and that of my little family, and in our overall way of life.In addition to that, I want my girls (3 year old Penny and 18mo old Olivia) to grow up feeling beautiful, knowing that it’s ok to be a kid, and that they don’t need to rush to grow up. I love the beauty and femininity of this product! This year will be a quest for simplicity and beauty:) Cailin
My New Years resolution….this has been a tough year for me…I have had maritial issues, my 12 1/2 year old dog passed on and my mother needs very dangerous surgery so that she can continue to walk. All of these things have forced me to evolve as a person. I now have to look at life with my eyes wide open. This past year I learned that growing into the person I have become has made me into a better, stronger more independent woman, mother, daughter and wife. I now choose as my resolution to continue to evolve, not to stop or stay stagnant because my husband has come home, or we have puppies, or my mother may have found a surgeon. I have found again a love of crafting that I had prior to becoming a mother. I have learned that I am important and if I am complete and happy those around me will be happy too. So, my resolution, like I stated, is to continue to evolve as a person. To grow, nurture my interests and love who I am.
For 2013 I would like to resolve to:
1. Keep taking pics nonstop of my baby girl
2. Read my Bible every day
3. Be mindful of what I am thankful for every day (not just in November)
4. Buy a few more MJ pieces
5. Be a more encouraging wife. Man, I need help with this!!
Thanks for the encouragement to think about this early
Good luck with your list.
The New Year is a time to reflect on the changes you want or need to make in order to fulfill your life, get what you deserve in the way of HEALTH, Happiness and Wealth and make each day count by telling someone you love them to the “moon and back”!
<3
I resolve to not only CLEAN OUT THE GARAGE…. but…. to keep it clean! Double trouble!
Simply to stay focused on the positives in my life and when things don’t seem so great, simply reaching out and doing something nice for someone else. Making their day more positive and mine also.
My new years resolution is to dedicate more time to my loved ones. Life gets so busy sometimes that I don’t spend that extra 15 min to read that “one more book” to my kids or sit for 10 min with my husband. At the end of the day they are my life =).
My New Year’s Resolution is to LEARN more! It’s so easy to forget to learn and absorb new things as well as those things around us which become mundane. I realize, more and more, as I get older that I depend a great deal on that which I learned *before* and still reference things from my life a few years back. After having a child I have been so completely consumed with her learning and experiences that I have for gotten to re-NEW myself.
So I will pick my guitar back up and learn some more chords! I will finish reading the books I started over the past 2 years and put down to read ‘On the Night You Were Born’ instead. I will brush the dust off my sewing machine and figure out how to make doll clothes. I will start listening to NPR again and reading more news. AND most importantly I will learn how to make the world my daughter lives in a better place! I have been wanting so badly to start a Fair Trade business ever since I moved back to the US from the Middle East. I have done so much of the legwork, but just haven’t allowed myself the time to push it! What better time than now! The more I think the more I know I want to do! It’s just remembering how to learn and DO again that will be the challenge!
Hope that wasn’t too much of a ramble
Hello again Sam:) Looking at my beautiful children who inspire me every day i wanted to make a resolution for them and our family. My daughter has always been quite the little environmentalist and earlier this year kept begging to plant a garden. She had helped start a school garden, creating, planting and caring for plants that would help teach and feed the schools children. We have always wanted to have a garden but with limited space and lack of direct sunlight we’ve always used those excuses to not do it. Well my resolution to my family, especially my children is to create our own garden at our local compost education center where they have a community garden. I can’t wait to see their faces light up as the fruits and vegetables grow and they take pride in helping their bodies, environment and earth. As parents being the best life teacher is hard but so rewarding. So here’s to getting our hands dirty and our hearts healthy. We can all do our part, would you like to join us? Cheers,
Michelle & family
my resolution is to just do. i tend to over think things a lot and somestimes just don’t do anything ‘cuz it gets too overwhelming.
The EASIEST way for me to “get healthy” has been to start making smoothies for my family and myself. You can pretty much hide anything in a delicious, frozen drink, as long as you make sure the majority of the content is berries, yogurt, something tasty, etc…. They’ll never suspect that spinach or kale in your delicious concoction!
My New Year’s resolution is different this year…very different. You see we just moved 6,800 miles away from the place we called home. I want to learn how to make the best of it while we are here for the next couple of years. My children and DH are loving this new place, so I should to. I’m just a little home sick. I want to make everyday a new experience and cherish it forever!!
My resolution is to see things from my childrens’ eyes more and try to understand where they are coming from.
Mine is just to live in the moment, and not worry about tomorrow. I can’t control the future, and I miss the present too often worrying about tomorrow.
I plan to make more time to be creative. I get so caught up in the daily rush I’ve forgotten my love for painting. I miss my brushes and oils.
My resolution is to work really hard at loving those that are hard to love, to look for the good in others instead of focusing on their faults and to let love lead
My New Years resolution is to spend more uninterrupted (no calls, no texting, no facebook, no Platinum stalking!) time with my family. My kids deserve to have all of my attention more often!
Have a wonderful day!
I have actually been thinking about this for a week now.
Mine is “To Make a Difference in the World with Simple Things”
Just to start out with simple everyday things I know I can do and to reach out farther as the year goes on. Just a simple Smile or a Hug (that’s easy & something I can do), having a Listening Ear to someone in need of one, doing something small like giving someone flowers or a book, or small gift just because, cooking some goodies or a meal for someone on the street & handing it to them or to someone sick or just a neighbor to cheer them up. Just giving & sharing the love to be here just because…….sometimes, okay most of the time my days are so packed with things to get done I often forget that just the simple things in life can make a difference to someone….I know I can do that.
Us as mommies always make our children such a huge priority that we tend to forget about ourselves and in some cases even our marriage! I have goals of trying to learn a bit more abt time balancing and creating that happy medium for myself and my family! I love my sweet girl to pieces and really spend all my waking moments working to make her feel special and create an environment for her to learn and grow but I feel that learning to do things once and a while for myself and or with my husband can only help make us a better family as a whole! So here are cheers to a new year and new priorities. Whether that be a simple love note in someones lunch box each morning or a family movie night or a date night with my sweet hubby- I am excited to make this my focus! Sam- you are so wonderful to everyone in the mj community I hope you too can find that special time for yourself! Merry Christmas!
To declutter all closets/drawers/toy boxes & give it away!
To pick one family/one person and try every month to bring them a meal/small gift/take them out to help lighten there load. I have 4 small children so trying to live focused on others can seem overwhelming, but I think this is a manageable way to try to be a light for someone.
Say the positive things you are thinking. If you see someone and you think “they look really pretty today”…..say it to them! Anything like that really makes a difference in a person’s day. There is this elderly lady that I see every couple of weeks when she comes into my mom’s consignment shop and she always tells me how young I look and how pretty she thinks I am. You never get tired of hearing that…even if I don’t agree with her! I want to remember to tell people the positive things that pop into my mind when I see them.
My New Year’s Resolution this year is to SAVE according to our planned budget
With the new baby on the way, it is very important in order for me to be able to stay at home again! So excited!!! Also, I really need to organize and follow Shaya’s one in, one out advice 
Have a wonderful day!
Love this! I have 2 New Years Resolutions I am planning for 2013:
1. Spend 2% of my time in the year in another context/culture helping others. Given there are 365 days in a year…that’s 7 full days devoted to serving others! Looks like a mission trip in 2013 for me!
2. Spend 5% of my time each day on ME! I know…selfish!?! But, that’s only like 1 hour in the 24 hour day. And, I think if I get ME right and focused, then I will be a better Mom, Wife, Daughter, etc.
My resolutions are to simply become more organized, stay more focused on school and my future, workout in the gym longer and get stronger in my walk with God.
My resolution is to spend less time on the computer and more time with the husband. My love for MJ has started some interesting friendships and it is always a thrill when I am able to catch plat. However, my husband would probably agree that I need to do it in moderation.
If I make it to New Year’s that means I’ve made it through Christmas! Wahoo, love that idea! lol
I have so many “want to” ideas. Loose weight in time for my hubby and I’s renewing of our wedding vows and family vacation (He is so sweet instead of the honeymoon we never had, he suggested taking all 4 kids, my mother and my dog (lol) on vacation with us.)I want to focus on my kids more, as individuals. Schedule a Mommy and Daughter/Son day for each of them. To get two more semesters of school done-before I go crazy. And sanily make it through a huge computer programming change at work-with all my hair and not wearing pin strips or a bright orange outfit! After all of this, I believe loosing weight is going out the window, I’m going to need lots and lots of chocolate and mtn. dew to get through 2013.
I posted this as one of the first yesterday, but it’s not showing up and says awaiting moderation:
It’s funny you posted this, because I was thinking about it today. I was waiting in the drive through at Dunkin’ Donuts for my coffee and I decided on a whim that I wanted to pay for the person behind me. So I did. And it made me feel great! I’ve been dealing with too much petty family stuff and drama and it’s stressing me out. I’m not that kind of person. So, I decided that for my New Year’s Resolution, I was going to pay it forward to someone every month. I’d like to say every week, but not sure I could pull that off, lol! So, every month in December, I’m going to do something nice for a random stranger. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep the feeling I had today throughout the year and keep the pettiness & family drama away.
Resolutions……don’t know if I’ve ever kept one…..but I do know that I keep telling myself that I need to
a)get in shape and lose all this baby+ weight I’ve gained in 5 years(my 2 daughters are so worth it)
b)to take a day out of each month to spend time with my girls 1 on 1 and also with my hubby. We have lots of family time.
c) to make ME time, to try to remember who I once was so I can be a better mom.
I wouldn’t change what I have and am so thankful to God for it daily!
Wether I keep them or not…..I know that I am bless and God will give me the opportunity to try
My New Year’s resolution is the same as it is every year. I like to let someone know each day that they are my hero for the day. Whether someone holds the door open for me when I’m carrying heavy stuff and can’t open it myself Or whether a store employee asked me if I need help to carry something to the car. Either way., That person went out of their way to make my day better and I want them to know it. As part of the human race there is one thing we all have in common..we all want to be loved and appreciated. The way people just light up when I name them my hero is priceless. Merry Christmas!
Start with an empty jar, adding (on a small paper) one thing or happening I am thankful for each day – at the end of 2013, I can look back at how fortunate my family is and I think it will be a fun way to document a year!
To spend more time with my family and less time online. Oh and to rake the leaves in the yard earlier next year :/
My New Year’s resolution is to quit being so judgmental of others. Just because someone makes different choices than I would or takes a different path, does not make their choice wrong, weird, or without value. I’m going to keep my mind a little more open and try to tolerate differences with a little more grace. It’s going to be hard but I’ll give it my best shot!
To not get so caught up in the daily routine and instead enjoy each & every moment with loved ones and take more pictures.
In 2013 I want to make time to be healthier and time to do my Bible study everyday (not the day before class!!!)!!!
No, I think this is the perfect time of year to begin thinking & praying over goals & resolutions for the New Year. My word for the New Year is intentional…I hope to be more intentional in my relationships, more intentional in my parenting, more intentional in serving others…and I hope to do all of this with more intentional JOY!
Getting back to the basics…meaning more wholesome living. No specific rules or diet, just less drive-thru and more picnics
Hey Sam
I have three resolutions I am going to do in 2013 and I’m still working on a few more:
1. Run a 5K with my husband. He’s one of those nutjobs that loves to run..I mean, who loves to run
He would love for me to run with him but I just don’t like running unless a scary clown is chasing me so I want to train and do this in 2013 to make him happy!
2. I need to catch up on my scrapbooks. I’ve done one every year since 2000 and for some reason, I’ve got REALLY far behind so I’m at the beginning of 2010. I want to get caught up this year as my entire family loves looking at them. I love journaling in them as well and I miss writing all those sweet things to my family so I need to get caught up!
3. I’m coming to art fair. I don’t care if the world is coming to an end, I am SO there in June! Can’t wait!
to look at the glass as half full instead of half empty
to look at my children everyday and tell them i love them
my new year’s resolution is to alway try to be a little kinder than neccessary….taken from a quote from J.M. Barrie
About 8 years ago-around Christmas if I can recall (I’ve had lots of babies-so the brain doesn’t always get it right-lol!)my husband and I were having dinner at Cracker Barrel on the way to visit my MIL in Tennessee. My son Nathan was about 8 months at the time-and had such severe reflux that he wouldn’t sit in a highchair or baby carrier. My husband had him propped up on his shoulder the entire meal. When we went to pay our bill-the waitress informed us that the couple sitting next to us had already done so. What an amazing and kind gesture.
My resolution is to do just that-pay someone’s bill who isn’t expecting it-maybe a single mom out for dinner with her children or a sweet elderly couple who could use a pick me up.
I really remember that kind act-especially since my Nathan is no longer here with us. It really had an impact on me and the kindess of strangers!
You are so sweet. But things I have been thinking about are doing more for the community in which I live in. Maybe working at more food pantries, or doing walks with the dogs at the humane society. Or maybe doing a clothing drive for Women’s and children’s shelter…..if we all sent you one piece of clothing (or more) you would have so much stuff to donate!
My resolution is to remember a saying I heard recently in the movie We Bought a Zoo….and to remind my kids of it. The saying is that it only takes 20 seconds of courage to do anything. When I think about this, it’s amazing to me how much myself and others in the world really could do. How much we could all get accomplished if we put worry and fear behind us. I’m looking forward to an amazing 2013!
I resolve to make standing appointments this year. I find the things that I care about don’t get done and days slip away into a pile of “where has the time gone?” I am going to make standing appointments with the people I love…like my daughters best friend who now goes to another school, I’d like to pick something like the first Monday of every month for her and her sweet mom and sister to stop in for an after school snack. Some other things that I wish for standing appointments for…date nights, seeing my Grandparents, family field trips, one on one time with each of my three kids, hair cuts, breakfast with my girlfriends. My calendar is a reflection of what is important to me, I want to look back on it next year and see that I actually followed through on what I value.
Sam, I think I am going to say one positive uplifting statement a different person each day! It is going to be in person, via email, via fb or over the phone. I’m gonna look outward at all the blessing around me! And start complimenting, thanking and being truly grateful!
My resolution is just to be happy! Be happy at work, and home , with myself, and with all the choices I will may this next year..The good and the bad! Because even the bad days and choices will teach me something! And to laugh and love harder than ever before because you may never know when you might not get to again!
I’ve decided to pay it forward more this year. I have a very busy, stress job being a nurse anesthetist and I’ve found that pay it forward & helping others helps me too!! This past year I’ve found opportunities to help patients with gas money, money for there pain medication, help a terminal girl in our community with some arts & crafts, and got my great group of coworker to help adopt 5 angels from the Salvation Army angel tree. It made me feel like as just a small person, I made a big difference to someone & hopefully helped them. I want to find more opportunities to pay it forward this year! I want to help lift people up that truly need it!! This is my resolution
. To all who read this help me & pay it forward where you live 
So I decided to not make the same resolutions this year that I never complete:) I really want to focus 2013 on “living in the moment”. I want to be checked in so to speak. Really listen when someone is talking, pay attention when my children ask me questions, look people in the eye and FEEL each day:)
Wish me luck;) 2013 I will BE PRESENT.
My New Years resolution is to do more for those around me who don’t hear it enough. We do things for the community thru kids schools, church and even buying prepacked groceries at kroger. But when have you walked a $10 Starbucks gift card over to a friend and said THANK YOU for being you. My best friend already knows how much they mean, my family gets most of my attention, and church and community get whats left of my time and attention. Once a month-one note-done. You will change 12 peoples day. So-spread the joy and appreciate someone who might not expect it….just because.
This may seem like an odd New Year’s Resolution because I am a stay at home Mom but I want to spend more time with my two little girls! And I mean “time”….not just floating around in the same house while they play and I do house work but real time. Playing games, running in the woods, doing crafts, getting messy, baking, snuggling, reading books, playing dress up, having tea parties…
One of my new years resolutions is to make one crafty thing every week! Save them and give them as gifts for next Christmas(I may keep a few myself) Almost 52 weeks, that’s a lot of Christmas gifts…from the heart!
My new year’s resolution is to try and connect more with friends and spend more time with family (and a little less time in front of the computer!).
Give my kidsa childhood they will tell everyone about someday. Doesn’t mean spoiling them, but making it memorable in a good way.
I know I’m late but wanted to share my resolution with you too
My resolution will be to always try to find the good in those who’s path I cross.. Be kind and always have a smile or good morning to share..
If I can make someone’s day I promise to do it
After my husband and young daughter were in a terrible car accident over the weekend, my resolution will be to slow down, quit getting angry with them over silly things and just enjoy them. I’m lucky to have them!