Resolutions vs. Promises

Resolution by definition is: 

to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something): I have resolved that I shall live to the full. 

 

Another definition is:  to separate into constituent or elementary parts; break up; cause or disintegrate to separate into constituent or elementary parts; break up; cause or disintegrate. 

It's the second one that I love.  "Break up or disintegrate." It was during the Review Extravaganza where I read a fellow bloggers post about "promises" she made.  She decided resolutions were not the way to go.  So she went with promises instead.  

Promise: 

a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.

 

She managed to keep most if not all of her promises.  I was most impressed by this.  And then I was impressed by the thought of promising to do something.  My mother raised me that a promise is a promise.  If you are not able to do it, don't promise.  I have done the same with my own kids.  They know if I can't promise I won't.  So this year, I am not resolving anything.  Instead I am promising.  

 

1.  I promise to move more

2.  I promise to improve my good eating habits

3.  I promise to lose weight gained

4.  I promise to be a better money manager

5.  I promise to be more creative(pinterest here I come!)

 

What are you going to promise yourself this year?