So quickly it happens, from one minute to the next you are now in a completely new year! So, what really changed? Do I feel different? Are the issues I had last year gone?
Ugh, how I wish with a new year I would have a new start. I wouldn't have to worry about the fact that my Husband will soon be out of a job, I wouldn't have to think about how we are going to continue if he doesn't find something else, I wouldn't freak out at the possibility of trying to find a job after being out of work for almost 11 years now...you know my resume is going to look inviting against all those other applicants who have probably been working or are fresh out of college!!
Although, there is a bright side to a new year.....something feels just a little different. Is it just in my mind? Or maybe it's just that fresh clean feeling of finally clearing out all the Christmas decorations, throwing out the last of the Christmas sweets, if I see just one more red and green anything......
A new year............time for change, time to start something new, time to give us a chance to begin again. Yes, and that's where the resolutions fall in....
Resolutions- Hmmmm, well, yes, there's the famous one that's usually high on a lot of peoples lists.....get in shape, lose weight, get out of debt. Yes, I would like all of the above please...
My resolution is simply this- make myself a priority in my daily routine....
I notice that I don't notice myself because I get too swept up with my children, husband, house, etc. Well, you know, all of that will still be here, just like a new year begins everything that was happening just a minute before in the last year will still be happening in this new year.
For Christmas my Mom got me the Bodybugg. I have come to realize not a lot of people know what it is. I do, because I've seen it on a show that I seem to get inspired with but end up just sitting and watching it rather than doing it for myself. It is a band that you wear on your arm that tracks how many calories you are burning all day. At the end of the day you plug it into your computer, go to the website and this little device downloads all the data it collected throughout the day. You enter what you ate and then it graphs it all for you. It tells you how many calories you burned, how many you were suppose to burn and how many you ate. Either you'll exceed your amount (which for my first day I did. Yahoo!!!) or you'll need to burn more to meet your goal for the day. It's really neat, I like it for me, I'm one who wants to exceed so if I can see what I've done for the day I feel just a little stronger to not want that sweet little something that really I don't need.
So, I'm on my way, I've started a new journey for myself, it's the first day, was a little nervous about the outcome but was very pleased with what I saw....
New Year, new feelings, new adventures, new frustrations, new love, new life, new surprises good and bad............
As we begin it we take it for what it is, we remember what happened in the last year that just ended and as we close the book we get ready to open a brand new one. Clean, clear blank pages waiting for us to fill up.
Happy New Year to all that have stumbled across my writings, I plan to continue as I know I'll have lots to share, vent, laugh, release on future entries. Taking that deep breath in..................and out for it's just the beginning.
Just a Mom looking forward (with caution) to a new year!!
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