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To Those Who Already Gave Up in January: 10 Resolutions We Can Actually Keep

8. Create something. I mentioned Annalyn’s sadness about our lack of Halloween decorations, so I’m already making plans to make one fun Valentine craft. I’m not pinning a thousand projects and expecting myself to finish them. I’m not assuming that this will be the year I learn to sew. I’m simply looking for one simple project that my kiddo and I can start and finish in less than an hour. I know from past projects that we will feel more satisfaction over that little project than a million good intentions and bright ideas. Just make something. A cake, a card, a mixtape — anything that lets you feed your creative parts and feel that sense of accomplishment will do.

9. Take one brave step. Make the call. Submit the article. Audition. Sign up. Apply. Enroll. Whatever your big dream is, take one step toward it. You can do it. I know you can. One step, that’s all. I won’t be surprised if your one step leads to two or three or an entire 5K. But it’s okay if your one step is all you can manage for now, too. But don’t stand still. Take that step. Be brave. You are brave.

10. Eat more chocolate. Seriously. Let’s make [2019] the year we are kinder to ourselves, the year we get on with life and leave fluffy ideas of perfection in the wind. And let’s do it with a bite (or two) of chocolate.

What resolutions have you made that you can actually keep?

Mary Carver
Mary Carver
Mary Carver is a recovering perfectionist, wife, and mom of two daughters who blogs about family, faith, food, books, and sometimes her favorite TV shows at her blog, Giving Up on Perfect. For more Mary, you can follow her on Pinterest or Twitter.

FedEx Worker Brings Package to Lady With Sick Husband. 20 Stops Later, She Feels a ‘Tug’ to Turn Around, And God Uses Her in...

“I drove off. My heart’s pounding. I do probably 20 more stops and I have to go back… She just broke down.”

Mom Straps Baby in Carseat & Tosses Her Out Second-Story Window Just Seconds Before Taking Her Final Breaths. A True Hero.

The 12-day-old baby was found on a pile of debris still strapped inside of the carseat.

“Not a Cluster of Cells”: Mom Shares Raw Photos of Stillborn Delivered at 14 Weeks

“His tiny heart was beating within 16 days of conception, pumping his own blood. That is usually before anyone knows that they are pregnant."