When introducing the idea of resolutions, I boiled it down to three possible parts: a personal goal, a friends/family goal, and a school/work goal. I loved reading the resolutions my students made, which included things from "Help my friends with problems more" to "eat more pizza". Kids come up with so many amazing/surprising/delightfully funny insights, I often think about our conversations long after the school bell has rung (even though my school doesn't technically have a school bell).
Things we decided about resolutions: Resolution. A promise you make to yourself. Resolutions should be realistic. They are for YOU so they should make you feel good and improve your life. Never give yourself a resolution to please someone else, or that might make you feel guilty or negatively about yourself.
Why is it so easy to give kids this advice and so hard to follow it as adults? Here's a resolution. In 2013, let's be at least as kind to ourselves as we are to the children we're nurturing.
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I sort of try not to make resolutions actually, because I rarely stick to them, no matter how realistic they are and no matter how much I want to. Generally, if I'm not already doing something on my own, resolving to doesn't really make a major change. But this year, I do have some goals in mind that I need to accomplish, and it just so happens that they're things that are happening at the beginning of the year, so they're my pseudo resolutions. I think this is going to be a major transitional year for me anyway, a whole year of newness.
I just got a new juicer and have had one everyday since. I love it and I think will be a easy goal to achieve.
Is that mom's handwriting?
I love the definition of resolution. People really forget that it is something to improve your life or make you happier. Not just skinnier.
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