Resolutions: 2016

Every year I make resolutions and every year, I've broken them by around the 2nd or 3rd of January.  I'm not very good at denying myself something that I want.  A little voice in my head keeps chanting -- you deserve this, go ahead.  That little voice is a devil.

Anyway, this year I decided to approach my resolutions a bit differently.  The end goal is the same but the thought behind it is different.  I would still like to lose weight, eat better, exercise more, write more, etc, but this year instead of putting numbers on these (exercise 1 hour a day, write 2 hours a day, etc), I'm going to resolve to make choices that will make me happier in the long run.

Of course, eating that brownie or having that second (or third - I'm being honest here) Pepsi will make me happy in the moment, but making choices that have made me happy in the moment have left me fat and unhealthy and often sad.

So, for 2016 I resolve to make choices that I know will make me satisfied at the end of the day.  So far so good.  I've gotten up and exercised both on the 1st and 2nd (and I wasn't feeling well on the 2nd).

Hopefully, by 2017 I will be healthier and thinner and happier.

Good luck to everyone else out there.  It's hard to change your life but what else is there to do but try.