They say that what you are doing at midnight on New Years is what you will be doing for the rest of the year. In that case I am pretty sure that I will love every single minute of this year. I was snuggled in bed with the love of my life watching Sons of Anarchy on my Kindle. Warm, cozy, content and happy. My babies were happy and healthy, sleeping soundly in thier rooms and the world was perfect. I was never much for parties, but honestly there is no other way I would have wanted to spend my NYE.
So, here I am on the very first day of 2012 and truly thinking of what my resolutions will be this year. There is the usual, eat better ... get in shape (which now I guess I have got some really good motivation .. yay!) save more money ... all that good stuff. All those things I really do want to accomplish this year because I think it is probably for the best overall to do them. But this year I wanted to go a little deeper. So my 2012 resolutions are:
1) Focus on me for a change. 10 years ago, I was 19 .. thought I had the world at my fingertips and all the time I needed. Little did I know what the next ten years would hold. I had it all planned out; get my degree, start a career, meet the man, build the home and then have the babies. Sounds great right? Hello reality :) Crazy road to say the least, but it taught me a lot. In that time I became a mommy twice and have since focused all my strength and motivation on raising them. That is afterall what God gave them to me for. But in the past few weeks I realized that by focusing all that work on them, I forgot me in the mix. What about that degree I wanted to finish so badly, that degree that would give me the job I wanted, the lifestyle I wanted to provide for my kids, the home? I have to go back to that girl, who at 19 had it figured out, because finally at 29 I have it figured out. It is time for me to finish school for good and finish the rest of my goals I had set.
2) Be a more patient mommy. They are growing up on me so fast, and I realize that I don't have many more years to sit and color, play silly games, imagine and laugh with them. So what if it makes a mess, or my house isn't put perfectly together? That will all be there later. So when they ask me to sing one more song, or hold them when I have my arms full of laundry I am going to do it.
3) Really stick to my goals of going back to the "Bare Bones". Learn to garden, can, craft and sew. Focus a lot on looking for good money saving deals and use my coupons to the max! This year our family fun is going to be focused more on the time together. We can have just as much fun bike riding, tubing, swimming, camping, hiking and picniking as we can sitting at a beach or going to an expensive theme park! A lot more memories to be made.
4) And finally, finish everything that I start. I have a bad habit of starting something, then going to something else and something else. SO ... this year I am going to finish that scrapbook dangit! LoL
In all, I think 2012 will be amazing and I can't wait to live each and every single day to the fullest with the ones that make me the happiest lady alive!!
Good luck GirL!!
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