No New Year's Resolutions, Just Old Year's Accomplishments

I refuse to take away from my accomplishments any longer. If we are all beating ourselves up for the things we didn't do, we will never full give ourselves credit for the great things we did do.

It's the new year. While there is a lot of people making the ol' 'New Years Resolution,' I refuse. I feel like there's this notion about making resolutions that makes a person feel that there is something horribly wrong with them, and all these things to fix.

Yes, there are things I look forward to in 2011, and my own personal goals that will be met this year. I will celebrate one of my best friend's 21st birthdays, I will celebrate 22 years on this planet, I will celebrate along with friends the birth's of their four little bundles of joy (Willa, Gage, Tenley, & Kingston!), I will watch as three couples (so far) tie the knot and begin their lives together as newlyweds, I will graduate with my Bachelor's degree, & I will begin my professional journey as a Graphic Designer & Etsy artist, not to mention celebrate three years of dating my wonderful boyfriend Chris.

These are all wonderful things, and I will choose to focus on them instead of picking apart everything about myself. I know the things I need to improve on, I make a mental note on them daily. But if I look back at a list from Jan. 1, 2011 at the end of the year, & I have not completed all the things on the list, I will be disappointed.

This negatively connated action takes away from any accomplishments made the year before. I will be so focused on the fact that I didn't actually start yoga this year, or I didn't actually work out three days a week, and forget that I completed 36 hours of college credit while working 25 hours a week, or the fact that my room is more organized than ever, or that I have written out my entire business proposal for my companies that I will start in the near future.

So this is my resolution, to not have a resolution. To look to the future in optimism & hope, that all things bad will fall by the waste-side and all things positive will rise to the top.