10 New Year’s Resolutions for Moms

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Moms | Columbia SC Moms BlogNew year, new me, right? Not so fast. I love the idea of resolutions, but I’m raising small people, and some days my biggest self-improvement goal is to remember why I walked into a room.

While we all have our individual goals with the start of a new year, there are a handful of goals any mom can identify with. Here is our collaborative list of New Year’s Resolutions for moms from some of our own Columbia Mom writers!

1. Get my children to eat more than three different foods

Despite popular belief with many of our little ones, there are actually foods that are not chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, and spaghetti. I need to indulge my inner Food Network chef every once in a while.

2. Wear real pants at least one weekend out of the year

No elastic. Real pants … with buttons and zippers and fancy things like that.

3. Actually get coffee with friends when you say “we should get coffee sometime!”  

We’ve all done it. We fully intend to get coffee when we say it. And then — you know — life happens.

4. Actually put away all of the laundry

But isn’t it enough that we washed and dried it? I thought closets and dressers in kids’ rooms were just for collecting toys…

5. Only hit the snooze button twice

That four hours of sleep sure did go by quickly. Just five more minutes…

Ten New Year's Resolutions for Moms6. Not bribing your kids

Really — if you think about it — we’re just teaching them good negotiating skills for later in life, right?

7. Never leave the house looking like the conductor of the “Hot-Mess Express”

Seems like the best way to guarantee you will run into someone you know in public is to go out of the house looking like you just rolled out of bed in yesterday’s clothes.

8. Lock the bathroom door

This. Evidently, moms are entitled to privacy in the bathroom. Who knew?

9. Shower every day

This is one of my non-negotiables. I don’t care if it’s ten minutes or ten seconds. I can’t guarantee privacy (see above), but the shower is happening one way or the other.

10. Wear real shoes to carpool

If they are bedroom slippers that look like knock off Uggs, do those count? Because it’s early.

What are your “mom-specific” New Year’s resolutions?

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  1. Real life stuff, and very entertaining Hannah. Made me laugh, but made me think also. I’m way beyond the adventurous child raising years, but this part of life still has it’s challenges. What lighthearted, but real, priorities can I establish as a mature single man that will keep me smiling, but keep me on track in day to day life. The laundry one still applies, except my drawers and closets are not filled with toys. Just air where the clothes are supposed to be. Thank god my king size bed is large enough for me and the laundry baskets full of the unfoled. Thank you for bringing some humor into my day. Very well written, but then that’s what you do!

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