• Home
  • About F3S
    • The Pink Fireman
    • "Vicky" The Pink Fire Engine
    • Hope the Golden Retriever
    • Sponsors
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Financial Information
    • News & Media >
      • Press Releases
      • F3S In the News
  • PROGRAMS
    • Road to Resources
    • Men's Caregiver Support
    • McKenzie's Corner
    • Power of ONE
  • EVENTS
    • Calendar of Events
    • 100 Hons & Elvis
    • Pink Ribbon Romp 5K
    • Paint for Good
    • Corks for a Cause Bingo
    • Pledge the Pink F3S
  • Ways to Support F3S
    • Host a Fundraiser
    • Amazon Smile
    • Amazon Wish List
    • EBay Giving Works
  • DONATE
  • Blog
  • Volunteer
    • Volunteer with F3S Crew
  • Careers
  • Contact
  F3S

​

Resolution-Shmezolution...

1/1/2017

0 Comments

 
New Years ---- the time for best made resolutions that often don't last the month. What is it about resolutions that trip us up year after year? How many times have you made a New Year's resolution and actually kept it? If you said more than once, good for you! If you said zero, you're not alone!
Picture
Resolutions are often very specific - "I'm going to lose weight,  I'm going to save money this year, I'm going to stop smoking". And most resolutions require great effort to keep, otherwise they wouldn't be resolutions.  
​
VERY SPECIFIC + GREAT EFFORT = DOOMED RESOLUTION
​
You must think I'm crazy, right? Hear me out.

Let's take the weight resolution. It's a resolution I've made myself year after year.  I always start out great and then I fizzle out - fast.  Why? I didn't see the results I wanted quick enough, or my schedule got too busy to go to the gym or make healthy meals. Really any number of excuses. 

Okay, so now what?

​My resolution was to lose weight. I'm a few months into the year and it's not happening. Heck, I might have even forgotten that it was a New Year's resolution in the first place.  So now it's life as usual, that's what. It's me saying "I'll try again later or next year".  
Picture

A specific resolution leaves you no where to go if you fail. If you don't lose weight then you haven't achieved your resolution. End of story. And even worse, you're making a mental chalk mark on the failure side of the failure/success board of your psyche. That's not so great either. 
​
Picture
Instead of making a resolution make a commitment instead! Resolutions are made to be broken but commitments are better kept!  And make your commitments realistic. Here's the difference:

Resolution:  "I will lose weight this year." "I'm going to stop smoking this year."
Commitment: "I'm committed to taking better care of myself this year."

Resolution: "I will save money this year."
Commitment: "I'm committed to making better financial decisions this year."

Do you see the difference?  When you make a realistic commitment to yourself, you're setting yourself up to succeed.  It gives you options. Taking care of your self might start out as making healthier meal choices when you eat out. It might evolve into getting that mammogram you've been skipping the last few years. Your committment may see several evolutions through out the year and that's okay!

​The important part is that you have an abundance of choices that you can make to take care better care of yourself.  If you don't succeed at one, try another. Success!
Picture
If I may be so humble as to suggest a 2017 New Year's commitment -- make the commitment to incorporate philanthropy (charity)  into your life this year.  Find a cause that your passionate about - clean water,  homelessness, breast cancer,  for example, and commit to getting involved! 

Picture
Give your time, give your expertise, and/or give your financial support.  Give in a way that is meaningful to you and helps others. It will be one commitment this year you'll be happy you made!

If you're looking for a charity to call home, For 3 Sisters is always looking for people who are eager to incorporate philanthropy into their lives. We'd love to help you with your 2017 philanthropy commitment! 

Wishing you peace, joy, happiness and good health for 2017!
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Shannon Moneymaker is the Executive Director of F3S and experiences life in the breast cancer community, not through just her own eyes but through the eyes of others.

    "A Day in the Life of..." offers glimpses in to the lives of people who make up this adventure called life and this journey called breast cancer. 

    Archives

    October 2022
    March 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    June 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    July 2017
    April 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    October 2016

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

ABOUT FOR 3 SISTERS
The Pink Fireman's Story
​
"Vicky" The Pink Fire Truck
​
Hope the Golden Retriever
Partners/Sponsors

MEET OUR TEAM
Board of Directors
F3S Staff

FINANCIALS
Annual Report (coming soon)
Financial Information

EVENTS
PROGRAMS
Road to Resources
Men's Caregiver Support
McKenzie's Corner
Power of ONE


NEWS & MEDIA
​Blog: "A Day in the Life..."
​Press Releases
F3S in the News
Press Kit

CONTACT US

SUPPORT FOR 3 SISTERS
Donate​
Amazon Smile
Amazon Wish List
EBay Giving Works
Host a Fundraiser
Corporate Sponsorship (available - info sheet coming soon)

GET INVOLVED
Volunteer with the F3S Crew
Ambassadorship (coming soon)
​Careers

​
OUR PROGRAM & CORPORATE SPONSORS
Picture
Picture
Picture

For 3 Sisters, Inc.
18200 Georgia Avenue, 2nd Floor, Suite H 
Olney, MD 20832
301.812.9003

(Elevator access between Pure Barre and The Olney Crab House)
Privacy Policy | Terms of Use
© 2013 - 2022 All rights reserved.
For 3 Sisters is a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Organization

Picture
Picture
Picture
  • Home
  • About F3S
    • The Pink Fireman
    • "Vicky" The Pink Fire Engine
    • Hope the Golden Retriever
    • Sponsors
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Financial Information
    • News & Media >
      • Press Releases
      • F3S In the News
  • PROGRAMS
    • Road to Resources
    • Men's Caregiver Support
    • McKenzie's Corner
    • Power of ONE
  • EVENTS
    • Calendar of Events
    • 100 Hons & Elvis
    • Pink Ribbon Romp 5K
    • Paint for Good
    • Corks for a Cause Bingo
    • Pledge the Pink F3S
  • Ways to Support F3S
    • Host a Fundraiser
    • Amazon Smile
    • Amazon Wish List
    • EBay Giving Works
  • DONATE
  • Blog
  • Volunteer
    • Volunteer with F3S Crew
  • Careers
  • Contact