Finding that Word of the Year

It's the time of year to start all that nonsense about making resolutions. I don't participate because I know myself well enough to know I won't be keeping them so why bother. It's like when everyone tells me to sign up for a 5K and I'll keep up the practice of trying to run at my age and in my current condition because once I pay for it, I'll do it. Wrong. I don't care if I've paid for it or not the motivation for being a runner is. not. with. me. so I'll pass, but I am enjoying my chair yoga thanks.

Yes, I am lazy but that's not the point

Listen, I am not going to deny I could be considered lazy when it comes to doing things. Anything. All the things. And yes, I recognize that my current condition can be directly related to this lack of motivation to move. Except when it comes to the grandbabies and creating for my Etsy shop. Otherwise, good luck getting me out of the chair. So, I will be saying no to making resolutions again this year. But what about choosing my word of the new year?

Aren't we just setting ourselves up for failure?

I think someone came up with this idea to force us 'nonresolvers' in the world to participate in this annual nonsense. I sort of have the same attitude about making resolutions once a year as I do about showing love on Valentine's Day. If you can't show it year 'round, don't bother. With resolutions, why can't we make those any time during the year should we choose and why do we participate in something that sets us up for failure in the first place? Can we not just be who we are and do what we do? Goodness. 

Word of the Year

Back to the word of the year. I fell into the trap and tried to find my word of the year a couple of times and guess what I discovered? I don't pay one bit of attention to that word once the choice is made. They were good words it's just not the way I function. I am not one to make a resolution or choose a word and follow it with changing my life or myself. That's not the way it works for me and knowing people who do make resolutions and choose their annual word I'm pretty sure it doesn't work for a lot of other people either. 

I don't need a certain date to inspire me to change something. 

This year, I will do the same thing I do every year. I'll decide to do something healthier or something to make me grow as a person and then I'll fall off the wagon and get back on and fall back off and so on. And on. And on. One day, I may actually make some of these changes stick. Then again, maybe not. Here's the thing- when I notice something about me that truly needs to be changed, I change it. I don't need a date or an event or a holiday to set the stage. I see it, I do it. But it has to be something I know deep down needs to be different. I haven't reached that point on some things, I have on others. For example, I hate the way I look and feel when I'm overweight but it hasn't affected my health so it's not a deep down need-to-change-urgently kind of thing. No, I do not plan on waiting until my health is affected, but I will wait until my body says that's enough we're changing and then, change. 

And then there's the fact that I never make promises I'm not 100% sure I can keep. Maybe that's the bottom line here. 

That's the way it works for me and it's always been that way. So, no resolutions for me and no word for 2018 other than 'back-off' from everyone asking me what my resolutions are or my word is. Ha! I know it wouldn't be the word, 'trendy' because I am not a fan of that word and all it represents but let's not get started on that! 

Are Y'all resolutions makers or word pickers? Does it work for you?