New Years Resolutions Suck Ass, So Why Do We Always Make Them?

Happy 2014 to all my Mayhem readers! It's officially a new, shiny year with all those possibilities for motherly mayhem, mischief, and um, an M word that means a nice family activity that will leave fond memories of  fantastical childhoods that you could do with your kids. (My inner thesaurus is on the fritz right now and since it's a holiday I either have to pay more for a service call or wait til tomorrow for "The Guy" to come fix it.)

Because it's January, and because the human species are apparently gluttons for punishment, it's time to make our annual lists of "Things I WANT To Do, Probably WON'T Do, But It Makes Me Feel Awesome Saying I Plan To Be A Better Person". (A.K.A. New Year's Resolutions)

Of course the top of 90% of everyone's resolutions lists will contain one, or both, of the following:

1. Lose Weight
2. Exercise

Yes, we always seem to think that if we say we're going to do these things, it will be so. And that doesn't mean that some of us aren't actually strong willed enough to stick to their guns. But realistically, let's just say it's probably gone by the wayside by the time February rolls around.

Then there are those who have guilty pleasures/bad habits. Their resolutions might look like these:

Quit smoking
Quit drinking
Eat less junk food

No matter what our bad habits are, we want to change them. Whether or not we succeed is not the point. It's intentions that matter right? (They always say "It's the thought that counts" when you give a gift so it works when making resolutions too? Right? Sounds good to me.)

Okay, so I bet you're wondering what MY resolutions list looks like. No? Great, here it is.

1. Learn to be more flexible. Being anal retentive is the opposite of this I guess. (Who knew?)
2.  Instead of wanting to smack people on an hourly basis, make it every 2 hours. (I know, quite generous!)
3. Play more games with my kids. Yeah, it's their childhood and they only get one. Let's make it seem like it didn't suck too much with busy, stressed out working parents.
4. Eat more vegetables. It's a failing of mine, what can I say?
5. Be more tolerant of people's stupidity. Not everyone can be Einstein and every village needs their idiot. So try to be mindful that they probably have some sort of useful purpose. Hopefully.
6. Appreciate my family, nuclear AND extended, more. (Enough said!)

So Mayhemville, hopefully  your own resolutions are firmed up and you're working on them as we speak. (Put down that cookie! See resolution #1.) Maybe we can inspire each other and be motivational and all that happy crap so that we don't ditch them until March! (We can hope, can we not?) And have a happy, healthy 2014!