Happy New Year!

Happy New Year … I cannot even believe another year has passed.  How is that even possible? But … it has happened.  Another year is behind us.  Another 365 days have passed us by.  And we are right back to where we were a year ago … the mark of a new calendar year … January 1st.  A clean slate, a fresh start …  Tomorrow, when I go to my first   Weight Watchers meeting of the new year, I can guarantee there will not be an empty seat in the room,as this is the time for new beginnings and new promises … a time where resolutions are made and the world is filling with hope for the things to come in the new year.

I’m not a strong believer in making New Year resolutions, because truth be told more often then not I break those resolutions before the first week of January is over,  which leads me to starting off the year not only on the wrong foot, but feeling disappointed and angry at myself … So why do that to myself? Why set myself up for failure with unattainable (or painstaking) goals?  I haven’t made a true resolution in years …

This year I’m going to focus my energy on the people and things that matter.  I’m going to make changes to how my mind and my heart works.  I think its time I take a good hard look at the things in my life that cause me grief … It may sound trivial, but I think in the coming month I need to “mute” my facebook account … I need to take the time to really evaluate the people I am friends with on there and decide whether or not I should allow them to stay on my feed, or even on my friends list.  Because sometimes all it is is a constant reminder of the friendships lost.

This year I’m going to attempt to continue on my Weight Watchers journey.  I’m going to keep on truckin’ … keep on trying.  I accept and acknowledge that it’s a journey … that there will be set backs … there will be triumphs and mess-ups … such is life.

I’m going to read more.  I miss reading.  I don’t make enough time for it.

I’m going to contradict myself here:  I’m going to disconnect from social media once in awhile … yet I am also going to share more of my life here on the blog.  The real stuff, the real me.  The mundane and the extraordinary … I realize that somewhere along the way I lost my way a bit when it came to blogging … My own momma told me that sometimes I was boring … and ya know what? Reading back the last couple of months, I would have to agree … It’s like I was ‘phoning-in’ my blog posts.  That’s not what I’m here for, that’s not why I started blogging.  I started as an outlet, a little space on the internet where I could write …

I’m going to try to not sweat the small stuff … to let things roll off my back more … I’m going to be patient, and know that things will happen when and the way they are supposed to …

Overall, I think I’m just going to focus on the the things that matter … Or at least, I’m going to try my hardest to not let the other stuff bring me down … 2013 is here, and I’m going to write a better story for myself this year …