Happy New Year!
I don’t know about
you, but I was thrilled to close out 2012.
It was a rough year for our family for a number of reasons, so I was
glad to say goodbye to 2012 and welcome in 2013.
New Year’s Eve
also happens to be my wedding anniversary, and hubby and I celebrated lucky
number thirteen last night. I’ve been
under the weather, so we stayed in and watched movies and, eventually, sipped
champagne while watching the annual ball drop in New York City. We
both were fine with a low-key night in while kiddo slumbered on; somehow,
watching the whole world celebrate the change of year on our night always feels festive.
While I’ve never
been keen on making resolutions, I do look forward to the infinite
possibilities a new year can bring. In
the past, my hopes were for finding love and marriage, buying a home and having
children. Since those hopes are now
reality and I’m <ahem> in the middle of my life, my focus now is more on
the harmony in our family and home, my own health goals, and my desire to
continue to live to the fullest capacity I can in all I do.
For me, I know
it’s not the resolution that will bring change and, ultimately, more of what I
want; it’s the day-by-day choices, one-step-at-a-time decisions, and
two-steps-forward-and-one-step-backward actions that will help me get more
of what I want. I know not to put a bunch
of dreams in a resolution “basket” and hope they will somehow, magically
appear. Instead, I will thoughtfully
consider the areas where I want to change, grow or enhance myself and then
determine my next step. And I only need
one step at a time. Once I get to that
step, I’ll be able to figure out what the next one is…and the next, and so
on. I don’t have to be so
forward-thinking that I have the whole plan established before I start; I
simply have to be willing to take the first step and figure out the rest of it as I go.
So, what’s on my
docket for 2013? In a nutshell,
continuing the processes I have already begun, because they are working well
for me. Here are some highlights from my
list for this year:
Eating good, healthy food, drinking plenty of water and listening to what my body needs as it changes over time.
Moving my body in
activities I enjoy like yoga, walking the dog, horseback riding and swimming.
Getting rid of the
clutter – physical, mental and emotional – that is no longer necessary because
I don’t need it.
Playing music in
at least two different groups so I can have time to be creative with both my
trombone and handbells.
Laughing. Loud and hard and often.
Writing more
often…or, at least, sharing more often what I’ve been writing. I’m not committing to a daily blog -- yet;
however, I know I want to blog more regularly than I have thus far.
Playing. By myself, with kiddo or my hubby.
Re-thinking my
hands-on time at the massage table and how I want my practice to look.
Getting acquainted
with matcha and the Japanese ceremony of its preparation, serving and drinking.
Enhancing my
culinary skills by taking some classes.
I’d really like to take the “Culinary Boot Camp” offered by a local
merchant; at the very least, I’d like to do a Knife Skills class so I can chop
and dice like a pro.
And, the one I’m
most looking forward to:
Rediscovering who
I am, now that kiddo is in school full-time.
We “camped in” the
first two years he was home from the hospital to avoid RSV (Respiratory
Syncytial Virus) because it was so dangerous for him. That meant he didn’t leave the house from
November – March those first two years. Neither did I, unless I had relief from another care-giver. And any visitor who came absolutely
could not be ill. Seriously – even
sniffles were a no-no.
And, though he
started ECSE (Early Childhood Special Education) just before he turned three, kiddo has been on a half-day schedule the past five years of school.
As much as I love
him, the past seven years of being with him so much has been exhausting. I’m definitely ready for some “me” time.
And 2013 seems to be the year I will finally get to explore it. Watch out, world!
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