Resolutions: aka “voluntary ways to make yourself feel even more guilty.”

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I used to make a grand list of resolutions. Lose 10 lbs., write a book, complete a triathlon…crap like that.

I then became a little more realistic. Get to the weight on my driver’s license, stop using four letter words and run a mile without wanting to die.

Then reality kicked in and my resolutions followed suit. Find good smelling fabric softener and make my bed everyday. I actually did pretty well at these two. So the following year my resolution was that I resolved myself to keep my previous year’s resolutions.

Out of my fabric softener resolution came a pseudo holiday in the land of moosh.

Fabric softener day.

One day, about every other month, I would use the last of my fabric softener and would get to buy a new bottle and/or box. Oh how I looked forward to fabric softener day. Every other month Snuggle, Bounce and Downy would come out with new ways to entice me to try their newest concoction of clean laundry bliss.

Snuggle Blue Sparkle and Downy Cashmere something in the light orange bottle have always remained front runners.

So here I am.

December 31st.

I think it’s time I move on from fabric softener and a made bed.

So here goes.

In 2009 I will not make myself feel guilty for not having resolutions.

Oh I have them, resolutions. I have about seven. But I’m not going to utter them out loud.

Blissful ignorance 2009!

(Speaking of Blissful. I’m speaking at the Blissdom Conference February 6-7, 2009 in Nashville, TN. Wanna go? Last day for early bird pricing on registration and hotel is today.)

19 thoughts on “Resolutions: aka “voluntary ways to make yourself feel even more guilty.””

  6. I miss fabric softener. My husband read somewhere that using fabric softener cuts down the lifespan of your dryer and so now we aren’t allowed to use it because that’s just not good appliance ownership. Instead we use those spiky blue ball things that REALLY hurt when you step on them. I miss the fresh scent!

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  10. I love your blog! I’ve just found it. Wanna come again and again.
    I really want to go to Blissdom too! Still hoping!

    I heart fabric softener like you do and I live about an hour from Indy! We should totally be BFF’s!
    Please tell me….you like yummy coffee drinks and shopping…..and it’s settled! BFF’s!

    Wandas last blog post..Shakin the dust off my feet….

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  12. Wow! I know somebody famous!!! One of my brothers lives about an hour south of Nashville. Wonder if I can arrange a visit around the first weekend of February?

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  15. I want to go to Nashville so! badly! I just don’t know that the monetary backage will be there so soon.

    Also: I am normally an anti-resolution sort of girl, but I’ve always been a super big fan of The List Making, and have recently discovered that the accountability, it is so good (for me anyway), so I came up with 9 “action items” as I am calling them for 2009. Woo!

    Kerri Annes last blog post..Only The Curious Have Something To Find

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  16. Fabric softener day? Girl, you need a new hobby. Seriously.

    (Although, if my wife wasn’t such an enviro-freak and actually USED fabric softener, I’d probably have a different perspective.)

    SciFi Dads last blog post..Conundrum

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  17. happy new year to you! good luck with that one resolution. i actually think it’s the single smartest resolution i’ve read / heard about this year.

    me? i don’t even make them, so that makes it easy not to feel guilty when i forget about them.

    Laras last blog post..The Year In…

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