Dear 2010 -Is it over yet!!! ~With Love Heather

2010 is not a year I look back fondly and say “what a year.”  I love Christmas and this time of the year but I wanted to just rush past it just to get to 2011.  I have not written a New Year’s Resolution list in years because I believed that my birthday represented my own personal New Years.  I am making an exception because I cannot enter 2011 without goals and a plan. I have been blessed and appreciate all that I have.  I also know that I have not been fulfilled in life in a long, long time.  This past year has brought me to realize that there are a few things that I want to accomplish and maybe more as the year goes on, we will see. My resolution theme is Mind, Body, and Soul and my 2011 Resolutions are:

1. My relationship with God.  I stopped going to church regularly. This has always been important to me and I let it slide.  I will also put aside a little time each day 


2. Strengthen my relationships with friends.  My friends have come through for me more often than I can count.  They have become like family to me.  I don’t think I do enough to tell them thank you.  This is really important to me.


3. Redefine my relationship with my family.  This year has been an eye opener to me in regards to depending on certain family members.  I have to say, I have been deeply disappointed.  I have no right to ask them to change but my approach and expectations towards them need to.  This is not a bad thing but a necessary thing. This will be the hardest of my resolutions.


4. Cut down on the meat and eat healthier.  I love food but lately nothing taste right.  Why bother chewing if it is not satisfying. I would like to be more conscience of what I eat and I am going to work towards cutting back on the meat (aka beautiful protein).  Eat two days a week vegetarian.  


5. Weight and Health:  {don’t laugh} I know what you are saying everyone puts this on the list. This year I feel that it could not have been clearer to me about my health.  Surgery and high blood pressure is like a smack in the face.  If I want give myself the best chances of having a baby in the future, I need to make sure everything is in order.


6. Get more consistent about fitness/exercise.  I would like to buy a bike this year and start to cycle.  I would also like to start training for another marathon I am not sure which one yet.  Start doing more yoga, I miss it.


7. My Finances:  Start my budget.   I have no emergency fund.  Yes Suzie Orman you heard it right.  I have no idea how much I can put into it but anything at this point counts.  work towards finding a home this year.


8. Organize myself better:  Pull it together and quick.  This unorganized life is representing my mind at this point.  I feel like the Cathy Comic.


9. Work towards one thing on this list daily.

Maybe, this is enough to commit to right now. Whoosh I better get started!