New Year’s Resolutions, revisited

A month into the new year. And how am I doing on my New Year’s Resolutions?

Don’t ask.

Okay, there are some things that are going well. But others, not so well.

Successes:

I am down to one can of soda a day. I just can’t seem to let the last one go yet.

I have started to write down a budget and track my expenditures.

I checked my credit reports, and was encouraged by the results.

I have gathered more stuff for my garage sale.

Failures:

I have exercised three times in the past month (and that was in the first week of January.)

I have not actually stayed within my budget. In fact, I’m frighteningly far from following it.

I opted not to price or organize items for my garage sale like I planned. Instead, it is in a giant pile of boxes in a basement closet. UGH.

I’m really big on personal responsibility. So I look at the last list of things I failed to do and ask myself, “What am I going to do about it?”

Well, first, I’m going to acknowledge that it takes time to build good habits and to break bad ones. I will start fresh this month with a better attitude and new resolve. I will ease slowly into exercise. And I will work on my budget to make it more realistic for our financial situation.

Rome wasn’t built in a day… Baby steps…. that’s what it’s all about.

How are your resolutions going?