Also, I know I'm a few days late on this whole New Year thing but I've been awfully busy in the 4 days of 2015. From caring to my sick boyfriend who caught the flu on New Year's Eve to babysitting to shopping to going to see The Gambler at the movies, I've had a busy couple days.
As I was thinking of what I should resolve to change in 2015 a few things came to mind. The first, being to be healthier. I know that this is probably the most common resolution but I don't expect myself to completely turn my whole entire life around and be a different person. I don't want to be. I want to still enjoy the junk food I enjoy today just in moderation. I hope that this new year will inspire me to eat healthier even if that is having a few less Cool Ranch Doritos in a week. I also hope I find my workout niche and fall in love with exercising, again, in moderation. I don't think I will become the type of person who spends hours and hours at the gym, but I would love to love to make a trip to the gym. This isn't so much a resolution but I've also decided to keep a Mason Jar full of tickets and other little things 2015 sends me so that at the end of the year I'll be able to recap with all of my special things in one place.
The resolution I kept coming back to was to stop saying sorry. Over the summer I was a waitress at a Country Club and I said to my boss Jessica, "You know, I say sorry way to often." She told me that this is common, as she does it to, but the word sorry loses it's value if one uses it too much which led me to think even harder about how I do. Sorry has turned into excuse me as well as many other phrases that would fit better and send individuals apologizing for things that are unnecessary to apologize for. For example, I was picking up Starbucks for my boyfriend and me and on the chocolate smoothie I ordered for him, I asked for whipped cream. The barista didn't put the whipped cream on and I said to her, "I am so sorry to be annoying but do you mind putting whipped cream on that?" There was no need for me to apologize because it was written on the cup and she had simply forgotten but I got an eye roll anyways. I don't think refraining from apologizing should result in rudeness but there are many other ways to get our point across without apologizing for everything. I could have said to the barista, "Do you mind adding whipped cream to this real quick?" and gotten the same point across.
I don't think people should stop apologizing. There are many instances when it is necessary to step back and say "I'm sorry." But if one only says sorry when they truly are apologizing, it will mean a great deal more.
With that being said, my main resolution for 2015 is to stop apologizing for things that do not deserve an apology and find other phrases to kindly and politely get my point across. When I apologize for something, I want the person to know that I truly mean it.
I'm hoping 2015 brings new adventures and happiness.
Love ya mean it,
Bailey
xoxo
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