Resolutions

Oh my goodness, was I drunk yesterday? Seriously, what kind of whako decides to engage in a healthy eating regime this close to Christmas? Needless to say, the healthy eating plan went out the window several hours after making the foolish resolution. It’s like the moment I tell myself I can’t have treat food, it’s all I want and when I do have some I completely overindulge. Not good! So today I am just trying to shift my focus from food to everything else that needs to be done in the lead up to the weekend...and there is plenty to be done!

The mention of healthy eating has really got me thinking about resolutions I want to make for next year. Love them or hate them, New Years Resolutions are a hot topic around this time and I fall into the category of loving them. You know how much I love Monday’s because they are a fresh start, well New Years Day is like a whole bunch of Monday fresh starts rolled into one. I love it!!! As I consider what I want to focus my energy on in 2012, a quote comes to mind: “There is nothing you have ever been successful at that you didn’t work on ever day”. It helps me to think of my overall goal and break it down into manageable daily pieces. As it is likely to be my last year home as a full time Mum, I am going to make the most of it. Here is where my brainstorming is at so far:

-          Be present with my children and enrich their lives every day;

-          Do something every day to make Mat’s day a little brighter. I used to do sweet things like a note in his lunchbox or setting an alarm on his phone to go off at a random time of day telling him I love him. I have stopped all that for some reason but I want to focus on improving our relationship much more next year;

-          Engage in activities daily that will further my psychic and spiritual development (again, I promise I will elaborate on this topic before the week is through);

-          Make going to the gym as much a part of everyday life as brushing my teeth and having a shower;  

-          Write every day. I have so many book ideas I just have to get started...especially before books become obsolete with ever evolving technology!  

I am sure there are loads more things that will come to mind but that is the overall idea of what I want to do in 2012. I want to be a better mum, a better wife, a better Kate. I feel like I am currently running on a treadmill, working my backside off, exhausting myself but getting nowhere. So it’s time to jump off the treadmill and start making some ground! Look out 2012, here I come...I just wish I could have a catchy t-shirt phrase like “Kevin 07”...any suggestions?????