Every year, since I was little I have made a New Year's resolution list. It is usually a long list of things that gets broken soon after all of the holiday lights have come down and Martin Luther King's birthday has been celebrated. This year, though, I want to keep my New Year's resolutions. So as I sit down to write the dreaded list, I have decided to pin point why exactly I have failed year after year. What I have noticed seems to be a common theme in my lists is two things. One, they are way to long. I am talking 15-20 things a list. I have a hard enough time remembering all my allergies, I really don't need another long list to memorize and keep at the forefront of my brain. The second common theme is that many of them contain resolutions of things I ultimately have no control over. For example, from my 2005 list--to grow 7 inches or a theme that shows up on multiple list--to have a reaction free year.
In an effort to make a more feasible New Year's resolution list (an I urge you to do the same as well) I have come up with the following:
The truth is I could find a way to make sure no one ever had to use another epipen I would. As we go into the New Year, I encourage everyone to do their best at preventing allergic reactions but recognize the fact that if one does happen, you are not a failure. You body is a failure. Ultimately it is not your fault your body creates antibodies against certain foods so ultimately your body failed, not you.
So as we move into the New Year, I want to wish all of you a safe and healthy year filled with as much goodness and happiness as one year could possibly hold. And I ask, what is your New Year's resolutions (comment below)?
In an effort to make a more feasible New Year's resolution list (an I urge you to do the same as well) I have come up with the following:
- To do my best
The truth is I could find a way to make sure no one ever had to use another epipen I would. As we go into the New Year, I encourage everyone to do their best at preventing allergic reactions but recognize the fact that if one does happen, you are not a failure. You body is a failure. Ultimately it is not your fault your body creates antibodies against certain foods so ultimately your body failed, not you.
So as we move into the New Year, I want to wish all of you a safe and healthy year filled with as much goodness and happiness as one year could possibly hold. And I ask, what is your New Year's resolutions (comment below)?