The Daily Grace: Being Resolutionless
January 17, 2014
Cathy Monetti
January 17, 2014
When the ball dropped and the champagne flutes clinked and the lovers kissed and the calendar clicked over to 2014—signaling that greatest of do-over opportunities, a brand new year—I missed it all. I was in bed with the covers over my head, so sick with the flu the best I could do was try to make it through the next five minutes.
It. Was. Awful.
And that is how I find myself here, now, without a single New Year’s resolution.
It’s the thought that was on my mind when I woke up Saturday morning, looked out at the lazy, rainy morning and wondered what I might have on the Okay, it’s January agenda. Without a get serious about exercise or a drink more water, for real this time or an okay, now about those carbs in sight, I decided to create a new kind of resolution list, one designed purely to up my happy quotient. Here goes.
- Cook more in Mom’s cast iron skillet.
- Hang out with friends.
- Buy presents, just because.
- Burn the candles.
- Make things.
- Play outside.
- Laugh. Out loud.
I think it’s a good list, don’t you? A happy list. A list of resolutions that, for the first time in my life, I might actually keep.
To which I must say: Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! And happy 2014 to you!
The Daily Grace
The Daily Grace is the online journal of Cathy Rigg Monetti, writer and founder of Riggs Partners in Columbia, South Carolina. It chronicles the observations of ordinary days, in an ordinary life, and how extraordinary those days become when you simply pay attention. Follow The Daily Grace blog here , or via Facebook or Twitter.
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