Well, how's it going for you so far?

Seriously, how's this new year going for you so far?  Working out OK? No dead birds on your doorstep, no letters of eviction, no bricks tossed on your car?  Good. Maybe you are having a really good start and have made a new friend or tried a new recipe that didn't make you gag or managed to get your clothes out of the dryer before they all wrinkled.  Those are fine accomplishments in the first week of the new year.  Those can bode well.

New year resolutions are often about trying to change a negative into a positive: eat less, drink less, get off your ass and exercise, use your brain by learning a language, save money instead of squandering it on things like alcohol or fast food or mind-numbing movies.  What if we had resolutions that were positive: walk the dogs more, eat more kale, quinoa, bone broth, roast chicken, laugh out loud more, dance more while driving in your car.  Check it out, all of the above have the word MORE in those resolutions. Which means you can just do the things you do now that give you pleasure but do more of it. Who doesn't like walking the dogs or dancing in the car or eating delicious roast chicken? 

We need to do more of the things that make us happy while at the same time aren't going to kill us.  (If your list is "eat more pork belly" and you already eat pork belly five times a week, then perhaps you need to rethink that.  That could actually kill you.)  Think of the things that make you happy, other than eating more fat pig (but I do love bacon!) and do it.  I could make a list right here but it would be my list and thus boring to you but I need to heed my own medicine.  Read more books, walk more dogs, drink more water, buy more fish and cook it, discover a cure for grief, prevent hurricanes, go to New Orleans, generally travel more, make more money, smile more and say "please" and "thank you" more.  Make really, really good lasagne (the kind with bechamel sauce) and take it to friends' houses.  Perfect (verb) shortbread cookies.

Oh, my. I must stop.  The year is not yet ten days old, we still have lots of time to do the things that make us happy and better.  Find the thing.

AND THEN DO IT. 

xo

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