I generally hate New Year’s resolutions because 99% of the time, I’m guessing, they do nothing but set you up for failure and six weeks into the New Year, you feel like crap about yourself. So in the spirit of my Bah Humbug attitude towards resolutions, I present my own…
Terry’s Top 10 ADD New Year’s Resolutions
1. I will check the pantry before accidentally buying an 11th jar of Ketchup.
2. When I cannot find my reading glasses, I will first pat the top of my head before spending 20 minutes searching for them.
3. I will return phone calls within 24 hours, not 24 days. Make that: ‘I’ll TRY to.’
4. I will not wait until the day before my daughter’s sleep meds run out to get a refill…because I will forget and we will all be up the entire night until I remember to get to the drugstore.
5. I will make a hair appointment two weeks before my roots begin to show vs two weeks after.
6. I will throw out leftover food 1-2 days before they’ve gone bad instead of 1-2 weeks. Last week, I learned my lesson. Thank goodness for Imodium Extra Strength.
7. I will strive harder to remember people’s names instead of their dog’s. Why is it I can remember Lucky the Lab, but not Sarah the owner?
8. I will never, ever buy clothes with even a hint of wool in them. Why do I keep torturing myself hoping my hypersensitivities are improving with age?
9. I will never start laundry after midnight again. Waking up to the stench of clean, damp clothes just doesn’t sit right with me.
10. When I get down on myself for my quirky ADHD “ways”, I will stop and remind myself that I am not my ADHD; my ADHD is only a part of me.
How about your list? Fun or serious, share yours in the comment section below- I’d love to hear from you!
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My resolution is to take things OFF my list by stopping altogether, delegate or plan when they will be done. Feeling great about this one!
I haven’t made resolutions since maybe high school – if then . . . fear of/knowledge of lack of follow through. I also told myself that making resolutions was an unnecessary “crutch.” So this year, I resolve to take time to write & share some resolutions and goals.
Here’s a START:
1. I will pick one night (without a meeting or obligation) the 2nd week of each month to pay all outstanding bills.
2. I will walk, do yoga or some form of exercise for 30 min. at least once a week – striving for 2 or 3 times but absolutely at least once.
3. I will spend a minimum of 30 minutes each week on “inside” house-hold chores. No fair substituting “yard & garden” chores (which I like to do) in the summer.
4. I will spend at least 30 minutes a week (outside of my “day-job-work”) writing. “Creatively” responding to email or on-line networking can count.
5. I will intentionally smile, find/engage in humor more frequently. Perhaps if I’m “intentional” about it, it will become more natural and I will be less intense. Will start by creating a fun-looking sign for my mirror “Have you laughed today”?
My resolution is to make Valentine’s Day resolutions, and create the resolutions with more heart, love and self-kindness than what I’ve resolved before. In a way, this is a
resolution is to quit doing what I’d been doing, so I won’t keep getting what I’d been getting. That is for at least this year!
These are terrific, I felt like you wrote most of them for me. I hope you won’t mind my using some of them.