It is that time of year when we reflect on the year pasted and look forward to what the New Year will bring. We make ALL the goals and resolutions with good intentions to make the coming year, THE YEAR we SUCCEED!
Some of us strive on goals and rock out those resolutions, but a large % of us give up on resolutions within a few months, weeks or even just a few days. And then, well, we feel like complete failures for the rest of the year, falling back into old, comfortable patterns. Our days filled with regret and disappointment.
I have been there many times! Many goals and resolutions fails more times than I can count. But a couple years back, I quit making those overachieving goals and out of reach resolutions. Not because I was afraid of failure, but because I was tired of failure.
I was so tired of having difficulty sticking with those strict absolutes, trying to be the imperfect perfectionist and failing miserably EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
So the past couple of years, my goal was to RESOLVE TO BE BETTER! That’s it!!! Just be better!!! A better version of myself than I was the prior year!
I start by reflecting upon the past year and think about how I could improve or would like to improve. Then I write those things down (Be sure to write them down, because if you don’t, they don’t exist or will quickly be forgotten) I write mine in my planner, so that I see it everyday.
To help I ask myself questions like…
*How can I improve my health?
*How can I improve my family life?
*How can I improve my relationship with my kids and husband?
*How can I improve as a Christian?
Here are my 2026 RESOLVE TO BE BETTER goals!
- Drink more water
- Yell less, pray more
- Lose some weight
- Cook at home more
- Be in God’s word more
- Pay down debt
- Get up earlier
- Spend less, save more
Notice there are NO absolutes. It doesn’t say drink 64 ounces of water a day, stop yelling, lose 20 pounds, cook at home 4 to 5 nights a week, read God’s word every day, Pay off house, get up at 6:00 am. Why? Because if it did, I know that I would fail miserably, probably within the first day😆
The goal is to be BETTER than the year before, not perfection!! When we set absolutes and strive for perfection and fail, we feel like we let ourselves down and are more likely to just give up and fall back into old patterns. Don’t give up! Keep Going!
RESOLVE TO BE BETTER IN 2026!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉
💚Mandy Anderson
Just Planting Daisies 
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