January 1, 2012

As the New Year was approaching, I was trying to figure out what kind of resolutions I should make.  You know, work out more, eat better, spend quality time with the family, and save more money.  Well, as in years past, I thought those were very trivial and usually by the end of January they have been forgotten and no completed.

I thought about creating a list and making sure I posted it somewhere so I could see it everyday and that would help me accomplice the resolutions.  

Then as I was trying to fall asleep last night I realized what I needed to do.  I need a motto to live by.  Since change and courage have been my motto for the last three years unofficially, I thought this would be good:

“Do one thing that scares you every day”  Eleanor Roosevelt

and this too:

“What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail”  unknown

They have a similar meaning and theme.  So as I got to thinking hard about this at, oh about three am, I am skeptical that I can do one thing each day that scares me so I thought if I could keep track and hit, say, two hundred and seventy five things, it would be a good year.

Things like kill a spider, coast on my bike down a big hill, run during a walk, tell someone that you want to spend more time with them, tell a friend that they haven’t been a friend in a while, reach out and tell someone I don’t know that it will be better, offer to do a presentation at work or school.  There are plenty of possibilities.

Starting a blog is one.  So today I did accomplish one thing :)  My goal is to write down my “scary” things and post them weekly or every other week.  Blogging scares me because there are so many out there and who cares what I think anyway?  I am just an almost middle aged college student with a daughter who will go to college this fall who has changed her whole life in the last three years.  Really, why would someone want to know what scares you and how you accomplished something every day or every other day?  

So I hope that this can be at least funny for some and meaningful to others.  If I end up inspiring you to accomplish “scary” things or attempt things that you would not normally attempt, great!  :)

Happy 2012   Megan