It’s that time of year again, where many of us take the opportunity to make a few changes in our lives. This year I thought I’d roll my resolution blog into a contest, just to make things a little more interesting. Here’s how it works: any time between now and January 31, comment here or tweet me with #resolutions, and let me know what your resolution is and how you’re doing! At the end of the month I will pick 2 posters to win ARCs of RUN FROM FEAR, which will be out in March, and I will also gift you the iTunes playlist I developed for this book (you can get a sneak peak of it here: itun.es/iLw26V).
So to start things off, I’ll share my own resolutions.
1. Try to keep my inner critic under control. Wow, a writer with insecurities? Go figure! But seriously, the little voice in my head who likes to whisper I’m not that great of a writer/parent/wife and remind me that my body is nothing near what it used to be and even then it wasn’t that great has become way too intrusive lately.
2. Be more mindful of my eating. I have a tendency, especially since having kids, to shove food into my mouth without thinking while I do five or so other things at the same time. Like this morning, when I found myself walking around the house, sandwich in one hand, shoving laundry in the washing machine with the other. I eat like someone’s going to take my meal from me (or yell for a butt wipe, or ask for another helping of macaroni, or shove a grubby fist in my plate) even when I’m alone in my house. Now that my kids are 4 and 6 and (slightly) more civilized, there’s really no need for me to shovel my food in like I’m on an episode of Man vs. Food. So I’m going to try harder to fix myself proper meals (no more picking crusts and bits off kids plates) and actually taking the time to sit down and eat them.
Feel free to post multiple times – I’ll be checking in with my own progress throughout the month. In the meantime, good luck and happy new year!
