Resolutions.

Every year I halfheartedly pick a New Year's Resolution because I feel obligated to. Every year, like most of the world, I give up within the first week of the year.

This year is different though. This year I didn't start on my resolution the second the ball dropped. I didn't even make one until a few days later. This year is also different in the fact that my resolution isn't something that can be strictly measured or something I can really fail at. This year, whether it's to a great extent or a little one, I can actually accomplish my resolution.

To be the best version of myself that I can possibly be.

Ok so this sounds a little vague. How do I know what the best version of myself is? How do I get there? How do I measure that?
That's the point of this resolution though. I don't know yet what the best version of myself is, but as long as I strive to be that, I will at least be a better version of myself, and that is all I can ask for.

I don't know yet what it means or how to be the best version of myself.

It could mean taking better care of myself: eating right, working out, flossing more often.
It could mean moving on from the past: stop holding grudges, forgive people, live in the present.
It could mean being less lazy and more helpful: doing my chores, watching less tv.

It could honestly mean any or all of those things. I don't know yet, but I plan to find out this year, and for many years to come.

From this day forward, I, Melissa Tamar Oxenhandler, am going to be the absolute best version of myself I could possibly be.

Here's my second resolution: to blog more often.

Hopefully in my effort to be a better me I will come across some blog worthy moments, which means every accomplishment I make in my resolution will end up right here, so keep (or start) reading to find out how I do.

~Melissa Tamar