Resolve to be Resolute

No resolutions this year. 

Crazy right? But maybe I have your attention now. 

Instead of resolutions I am  

resolving to be resolute.

I usually make a list, maybe even a vision board, or two or three (who are we kidding?), but this year I am embracing being resolute instead. Resolutions are what the future will be or how we will change, but without action they will not happen in the present.  So I'm thinking instead of lofty futuristic goals I will pull up my boot straps and be presently resolute. How you may ask? How can we just do something in the present without a plan, without seeing it in front of us? Don't get me wrong, I absolutely believe in making lists, but there may be a couple of actions will help one to be resolute in the present.

•  Just do it. Do is the word that is stressed in that famous phrase but I want to stress the it.  Just do it.  One thing. That one thing will lead to another, and yet another, and then maybe you won't have to consult it anymore because it's just... happening.  Try to pick an "it" that will have a big effect. For example I am currently wanting to eat healthier. Who doesn't? But it's a lofty futuristic goal. Well instead of getting all overwhelmed by a diet I am merely doing gluten free substitutions. One thing. My small action of resolving to buy gluten free flour and pasta is going to have huge effects without much effort.  Am I going gluten free cold turkey? No. Just want to explore how severely decreasing gluten will improve my health. Ever hear of rice chex mix "bread crumbs?" I am so getting on that. Oh wait, I already did.  See the resolute already happening?  Just do it. Stress the it.

• Second. Build upon with you already love. Take your little obsessions already in place and draw from the passion you have for them. You know you have them. Ok the healthy ones, not like that obsession with the Real Housewives of New Jersey.  For example, I'm already a yoga and Pilates fanatic but I don't think I do enough cardio to get more intense results.  So now when I go to my yoga classes, I think, oh 10min before on the elliptical won't hurt, how about this abs class that is happening right after? Maybe those 10min will lead to 15 or 20... Link an easy action to something you already love.

• Third. Don't look to the past and say you failed. Just say...I haven't gotten to that "it" yet. But I will link that "it" to something I love... today.

Don't throw out your lists or vision boards! I love them! I'm just saying add to the recipe a present day action to encourage realistic improvements and resolve to be resolute.

Here's to a Happy and Healthy 2013!!