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Resolutions Already
It may be a little early to think about New Year’s resolutions, but considering how fast 2008 has flown by, I am guessing I should get a head start.
I am not going to yell. Not at my kids, my husband, myself.
I am not going to yell when Audrey decides what I have laid out for her to wear in the morning is just not good enough. She needs to wear her High School Musical T-shirt.
I am not going to yell when Ashley is yelling back at me. I am going to calmly try to talk to her.
I am not going to yell at Ray when he won’t take out the trash. I am not going to yell at the dog when she won’t hurry up and do her business outside.
I am not going to yell at myself when I can’t get it all done.
What am I going to do?
Enjoy the year as it goes by, hug my kids, take a deep breath, sit down and wait, calm myself down.
I am going to take more pictures. I am going to keep a journal close by to write down those funny little things my kids say as soon as they say them.
I am going to take some weekend trips and see more of North Carolina.
I am going to read more, dance with my kids more, enjoy more snuggle times in bed.
And I will do this one day at a time.
Amy appears Wednesdays on TriangleMom2Mom. Read more about Amy at her blog A Family Story.
Amy Williamson
Amy is a TriangleMom2Mom featured blogger, appearing every Wednesday.
She lives in Holly Springs with her two daughters, a four-year old aspiring High School Musical character and a two-year old who believes every day should start at 5 a.m. Amy and her husband met while attending Virginia Tech and relocated here two years ago from Virginia to escape the traffic and intermittent snow. Amy works in finance and her husband is a real estate agent. Amy enjoys playing bassoon for the Holly Springs Community Band and can often be found in her garage practicing and scaring off the neighborhood cats.
Comments
I have two things to recommend:
Read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (not the Oprah-selected one)
Get a prescription for Ativan. I think it takes the yell out of you.
Di
So I'm not the only one trying to reduce the amount of yelling that comes out of my mouth. It's nice to know I have company!
I hung John Rosemond's article from the paper yesterday on my fridge and am hoping that will help me in my goal. If not, I'm considering snapping a rubber band on my wrist every time I catch myself yelling at my children (ages 3 & 1.5). The rubber band trick worked when I stopped biting my fingernails when I was a teenager, maybe it could work now???
I wonder if the rubberband thing will work to keep me from eating all evenning. Worth a try.
My NYs resolutions, a recipe for my sanity (and a happy life): read, write, run, and hug someone like I mean it each and every day, without fail uh.. and maybe eat some dark chocolate bark from Matthew's Chocolates as often as possible
other resolutions out there? or maybe thats a blog for three weeks from now...
ArbonneMom
Okay here are mine - I resolve to get SCUBA certified, loose ten pounds before my reunion, move up in Arbonne, get pregnant, take a trip without the baby and teach my daughter to say clearly 200 words. Another great read to reduce your yell quotient, The Shack - a lesson in the futility of trying to control everything(among other great lessons you will learn).