Hard to believe that 2014 is on its way out and that 2015 is just around the corner, isn’t it? I hope that your holidays were filled with many moments of joy!

And here we are again – time for those New Year’s resolutions! I feel torn today as I write this because my mind is going in two directions. I want to write about resolutions and I am, also, aware that this is the time when all the ads will start for the “best” plans for weight loss. As you can imagine, I definitely have thoughts about that!

Maybe I will start with resolutions and then move on to dealing with pressures to diet in the New Year.

I really was never very good at resolutions. They felt daunting to me – too big – too much time. And then there was that sense of failure that seemed inevitable….. I think somehow I knew that I wouldn’t follow through and just didn’t want to set myself up for the failure.  This was usually because it was something I thought that I “should” do, with it being a new year and all – I should be working on myself and setting a resolution.   I don’t think that I am alone in that, am I? I think, for the most part, resolutions are either quickly forgotten or just become another thing we didn’t accomplish.

So in general, I am not a big fan of resolutions. I do think there are ways we can increase our ability to stick with our goals. Maybe that will be a topic for another post. But as I was thinking about it this morning, I wondered, what if resolutions only had to last for a moment?

What if all I had to do was to set a resolution for a single moment? Would that change things? Could I do that? What if I treated each moment as a new opportunity and determined what my “resolve” was in that moment?

There would be no more “well I’ve blown it for today – I’ll start again tomorrow, next week, or next month”. Every moment would offer the possibility of a new day – a new start. Every moment would be a new moment to be present and care for myself. Maybe in one moment I might resolve to be kind to myself, because I am feeling sad, and in the next I might resolve to feed myself, because I am hungry, or expect myself to speak up to get my needs met. And guess what? If I didn’t do it there is a whole new moment that has just arrived!

What do you think? How might setting your resolutions moment by moment change the idea of resolutions for you? I’d love to hear your reactions, so please take a moment to leave a comment and let me know.

Next time: The holidays are over and it’s time to diet…..

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