It's that time of year again! We get to wipe the slate clean and start all over.
New resolutions like eating healthy, exercising and spending less seem to be at the top of everyone's list. I am guessing that it has a lot to do with what we all just did in the last week or two.
If your Christmas looked like mine, you ate too much and spent even more. I tell myself every year that it's going to be different, but alas, here I am with a full belly and an empty wallet.
New year's has come and gone, and with it went my resolutions. I make them every year. By about mid January, (and that's stretching it) I have given up on the exercising every day and eating only healthy foods. It's not to say that I don't think it's a good idea. I definitely think our society could use a "less is a little more" mentality but the idea of having to stick to a regime all year long is actually depressing to me.
So this year, I made a resolution that I think will be pretty easy to stick with. I am going to not make any more resolutions that I can't seem to hold on to. Rather, I am going to take each day as it comes. Start fresh each morning, doing the best I can. As a mom, and a woman, I think us gals have a tendency to be a little too hard on ourselves. (That's an understatement). We seem to focus on what needs to be done to improve something (like your husband's wardrobe….that's a whole other article), rather than focus on all the things we have done already!
So this year, I have a new plan. I am going to take it day by day. I am going to learn from yesterday, hope tomorrow will be a little better but live for today. I plan to fit in as much exercising and eating healthy as my time spent at the rink allows. Right now, that's where I spend most of my days and one day I will miss being there.
Perhaps a bottle of water rather than a pop at the canteen. Maybe stand and cheer, rather than sit and watch. Either way, I am going to do the best that I can. Each day, juggling work, kids and a husband (perhaps even sneak in a life of my own) will look different. Somedays take out will have to be on the menu, and somedays I may just pull off a turkey stew that is healthy and the kids actually enjoy. (Honestly…it just happened!).
This year looks like I am going to be wearing a pair of rose coloured glasses. Some may even refer to it as denial, but I do believe what you look for, you will find. So, isn't it a wise choice to look at life for all the good things it has to offer? Perhaps that way you will find even more!
