Resolution: a firm decision to do or not to do something.
Well, when you put it that way dictionary, why would I NOT make some firm decisions at the beginning of a new year? A new year is a clean slate, a blank chalkboard just waiting to be adorned with fresh chalk. Scribbles and words. Daydreams and goals. Things to do and not to do.
While a new year brings promise of good things to come, it also brings the unknown. I don’t know how to dress a nine month pregnant body. I don’t know how to give birth, or what to do if there are complications, or how to care for a baby that isn’t healthy. I don’t know how to make a newborn sleep, or how to open and close a fancy stroller. I don’t know how to balance marriage, motherhood, friends, and a career that I’m still developing. I don’t know what will happen to our health, our families, our jobs, our home. Uncertainty is prevalent at the beginning of a new year, but for me, so is hope.
Here are a few things I hope to do and not to do in 2012:
To do:
Take care of my body before, during, and after our baby’s birth. Pray harder. Be a good mom. Drink water. Do yoga. Write. Shop local/handmade. Unplug. Continue to choose joy. Send more handwritten notes. Make my husband feel loved and appreciated.
Not to do:
Consume excessive amounts of sugar. Peruse the internet from boredom. Step on a scale more than once a week. Be a control freak. Spend carelessly. Expect too much of myself and others. Criticize. Complain.
What do you hope to do and not to do in 2012?
