Welcome to my Weblog!
Welcome to 1 Mother 2 Another! To read my most recent weblog entries, scroll down. To read entries from one category, click the links at right. To read my journey from the beginning, click here. To find out more about me, click here.
Top 5s
Short on time? Click here to go to my Top 5s Page - links to my top five recommendations in every category from Breastfeeding Sites to Urban Living Solutions.

Real Resolutions

As everyone begins to scramble for that pad of paper, intent on making the noble, self-improving list needed to start your year off right, remind yourself of last year’s list and how long it lasted.  What does it say about us, that we constantly feel the need to re-evaluate who we are and how we’re doing and, deciding we’re lacking, come up with some grand and totally unrealistic plan to completely change ourselves, save a ton of money, and save the world all at the same time?  Are we really such a disappointment to ourselves?
 
This year, make a realistic list of resolutions.  Give yourself small goals you can actually keep, and make sure they’re not important enough that you hate yourself when you don’t keep them (and you won’t.)
 
I’ll start.


 
1)      I will wash my hair at least once a month, baby or no baby.
2)      I will not eat chocolate more than once a day.  Ok, twice a day.  Listen to me when I say that’s an improvement.
3)      I will not worry about the last 5 pregnancy pounds I have still to lose.
4)      I will not hate myself when I break resolution 3.
5)      I will love my daughter as much as I can, and tell her so as often as I think about it.
6)      I will not hate myself when I have mean and selfish thoughts upon first waking to her screaming cry at 2 a.m.  I’ll be doing the right thing in spite of my first thoughts, and that’s what counts.
7)      I will not judge other mommies on the street for improperly dressing or feeding their babies.
8)      I won’t get mad at myself for breaking resolution 7, as long as I don’t do it out loud.
9)      I will tell my husband what a great job he’s doing as a dad much more.
10)   I will tell my husband what a terrible job he’s doing as a dad much less.
11)   I will sacrificially break resolution 2 if it helps me maintain any of the other resolutions.
 

See? That’s a list I think I can pretty much stick to.  And I think I can sum it up with this:

This year, I’ll try.  But I don’t make any promises.

0 comments:

Post a Comment

House Rules

Here are the rules for posting comments on 1mother2another.com. Posting a comment that violates these rules will result in the comment’s deletion, and you’ll probably be banned from commenting in the future.

1) Register first. If you would like to post a comment, you must create an account with us. Check out the home page to do so.

2) Constructive comments only. If you cannot maintain a respectful tone in your posting, even in disagreement, your comment will be deleted. We’re all trying to find our way in this thing and are struggling to be the best moms we can. If you disagree with something I say, feel free to politely email me. If you disagree with another reader’s posting, you’re welcome to kindly post in reply. Vitriolic diatribes will be deleted. This site is about encouraging and supporting, not tearing down and chastising.

3) Questions welcomed. If an entry raises a question, you’re welcome to email me directly or post it. Keep in mind that postings will result in public replies by strangers and not just me.

4) Don’t steal. All original writings contained within this website are under copyright protection. If you link to us, please credit us as your source and provide a link back to our website. If you're interested in using an excerpt in published material, please contact us.

5) Share your photos! We'd love to have photos from our registered readers to show on our home page under "Maddie's friends". Email us a jpeg of your little one's best photo to photos@1mother2another.com. Please, no photos from professional photographers which fall under copyright protection.