Resolution Inspiration! What’s Yours This Year?
Posted December 31st, 2006 by Kristin Rowe-FinkbeinerHave a New Year’s resolution to share? An inspiration for the next 365 days? *Share your resolution by clicking the blog title above or “Read full post” link below, then scroll down to the end of the blog text and Post a Comment.
Speaking of inspired, check out what two MomsRising members, Yvonne and Ken, are doing for their New Year’s resolution in the text below.
*A New Look for a New Year by Yvonne and Ken:
“At the end of every December, our family picks themes to represent our upcoming year. The theme is a way to help each of us focus on something we want more (or less) of in our lives. Last year Yvonne’s theme was “Start no new projects.” Ken’s was: “Better balance between time spent at work and time spent at home.” At the end of the year, we keep looking ahead and find something new to work towards. 2007 brings us the first unified theme since our marriage.
After seeing the Motherhood Manifesto DVD in December we both were inspired to get involved. Neither of us has spent much time in political activism beyond merely writing a check or signing a petition so this year we pledged to go from passive activism to full-time, every day, social change animals.
We will accomplish this by becoming human MomsRising t-shirt wearing billboards until paid family leave passes in our home state. Yep, we each will wear a MomsRising t-shirt every day, until a paid family leave bill is passed in Washington State.
If we are going to the gym, we fly our MomsRising ripped muscle Rosie. Off to work? MomsRising Rosie goes with us. In mid-January, when we are off to visit the kid’s great grandparents, we will be fitting into the Scottsdale Arizona social scene with our matching MomsRising Rosie. At the fancy holiday party for Ken’s work, guess who is getting a little bit of craft glitter for Yvonne’s outfit? Right again, Racy Rosie our MomsRising mascot.
Oh and just in case you’re wondering, the only caveat to our new resolution, is we will not be wearing a MomsRising Rosie for weddings or funerals. So, don’t die but do keep those wedding invites coming!
Happy New Year! — Yvonne and Ken”
We’ll keep you in the loop about Yvonne and Ken’s progress. Be sure to check out their regular blog postings on the MomsRising homepage, and we’ll also send you updates from time to time.
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I promise myself that decisions this year will come from my heart, from a place of love, acceptance and balance rather than from fear or guilt. I will not make decisions based on what I feel is right or wrong from a place of obligation. I will make them based on what is right for me and those that I love. I promise to live my life every day to the fullest and to stay in relationships only if they nuture both me and the other person in them.. . only if they bring out the best in both of us.
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January 2, 2007 at 5:07 pm by AnonymousWhile we’re at it, let’s try to put an end to this war before:
1 The Gov. starts drafting our children.
2 All the world sees us as an enemy.
3 The national debt effects our grand- children’s grand-children.
4 We allow lesser issues to keep us from focusing on combatting global warming.
ETC.
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January 2, 2007 at 11:51 am by AnonymousI wrote about this on my blog, Working Moms Against Guilt. Here’s the gist:
I promise to do something each day (even if it’s only for 10 minutes) that’s all about taking care of me. No guilt allowed. It might be eating a frou-frou $9 salad for lunch instead of a Burger King value meal. Reading my Book Club book before bed instead of putting away the dishes. Going out for a Saturday afternoon all by myself. All these little pro-me choices should add up to a happier, healthier, less guilty 2007–not just for me, but for all the important people in my life, too.
Read the full entry at http://wmag.blogspot.com
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January 2, 2007 at 10:58 am by AnonymousIt is important to recognize the power of our emotions–and to take responsibility for them by creating a light and positive atmosphere around ourselves. This attitude of joy that we create helps alleviate states of hopelessness, loneliness, and despair. Our relationships with others thus naturally improve, and little by little the whole of society becomes more positive and balanced.
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January 2, 2007 at 9:04 am by AnonymousThis New Year’s Eve, my husband and I put our son to bed at the usual time and then dressed nice and made a fancy dinner and ate it by candlelight. After dinner, we read aloud to each other letters that we had written to one another while I was in the Peace Corps, before we were even a couple. It was romantic and inspiring and out of that experience we each made a resolution.
*One was to tell each other ALL of our dreams and hopes, no matter whether we think they will happen or not.
*And the other was to start each day saying, we made it through another day as a family, as parents, as lovers. Welcome to a new day, a new challenge, a new adventure. Go get ‘em.
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January 1, 2007 at 6:24 pm by AnonymousLeave It Better Than I Found It.
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