The New Year is quickly approaching, which means we’ll soon be subjected to hearing about everyone’s lofty goals for the upcoming year.
I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions, mostly because I figure I don’t need to wait until January 1 to try and change whatever it is that needs changing—unless it’s the furnace filter, in which I stick to a stringent “every three months” schedule.
But in the spirit of self-improvement and goal-setting, I have decided to share a few of my more “reasonable” resolutions for the upcoming year with you guys. Of course, this is excluding the biggest most stressful goal—finding a job—but I can multi-task here (quickly adds that one to her resume.)
Throw a plastic bottle into the recycling bag without it bouncing back up and out of the bin and onto the floor.
Rip bananas off the bunch at the store without feeling like I’m ripping them away from their little banana family, and then returning home without having bruised the bananas.
Take off my winter boots without also taking off my socks, and if accomplished, step out of my winter boots without stepping directly into a piece of snow that fell on the floor.
Catch the pasta in between al dente and overcooked, which is approximately .84 seconds.
Not only remember to take my reusable grocery bags to the store, but also remember to actually take them into the store before I’m standing in line.
After brushing off my snowy car, open the car door without snow still falling in on the seat somehow.
Put the laundry away the same day that it’s actually washed and dried.
Successfully switch from one phone call to the one on call waiting without hanging up on either of the calls.
Find the right lid to a Tupperware container in less than three attempts.
Alphabetize something without needing to sing the alphabet song in order to actually alphabetize something.
Catch something as it falls off the table without knocking something else off the table.
Open a plastic produce bag in under 10 seconds at the store.
Pump gas and stop on the exact dollar amount instead of spending an extra $10 trying to get it to stop on an even dollar amount.
Try to find the good in every situation. Wait, that was a typo. I meant “food.” Try to find the food in every situation.
I think that last one is most certainly one I can accomplish (said as she walks by the laundry basket full of clean clothes for the third time today.)
Your turn. What’s one “reasonable” goal for 2015, other than not reading about anyone’s goals for 2015?
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