New Year's Resolution

I make a resolution (or two) every year. Unfortunately, every year - like everyone else - I break it by February. This year I decided to make a resolution that I can't possibly break. It's simple, it straightforward, and it will benefit me and everyone around me.

DO IT BETTER!

That's it. Three simple words. Easy to remember, simple to do, and quick to embroider on a t-shirt (if I have the time). But think about the words: do it better...

I resolve, no matter what I'm doing, to do my best to find a way to do it better. Cooking? Find a way to make it more efficient or tasty, or just to focus on putting more "love" into it. Cleaning? Same thing - find a way to improve the process (even if it means blasting the music just so I have more fun). Talking to my kids? Make sure to listen more and not be as quick to solve their problems for them. Running errands? Perhaps I could be more patient with the people who park their carts diagonally and block the entire aisle while they debate the merits of Skippy versus Jif...

Each day I'm going to strive to find at least one thing upon which I can improve (see - I used the correct grammar in that sentence. I did it better!). With a resolution like that I know I can't possibly fail, and that means when the end of 2009 rolls around I will have succeeded at the ultimate goal: 2009 will, at least in some small way, be better than 2008. ...and if everyone did that, found one way to make one thing better every day, just think about what an amazing life this would be.

2009: DO IT BETTER!