Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

I’m Going To Take All Year

January 1, 2016

It’s January 1 and we all know what January means – resolutions and goals. Especially weight loss and get healthy resolutions and goals. I even downloaded a free book on Kindle Unlimited about goal setting. Good grief – like about 20 goals to work on over 3 months?? I’ll be returning that book!

My caveat to resolutions is this – you are making new YEAR’s resolution – shouldn’t it take all year and not one, two, three or six months? Aren’t we supposed to be making permanent changes to how we live? Yes? Well then, I’m going to take a different approach this year and it’s called the Take All Year approach. Yes, you heard that right – ALL YEAR. Here’s the basic outline:
- Get Healthier
- Lose the Anger
- Declutter/Deep Clean The House
The “plan” for healthier eating is simply make better choices each day. I may pull my old food mover out to help make sure I’m eating all the right things each day, but no calorie tracking stuff – it just doesn’t work for me. I’m also going to read Health at Every Size. I heard about it on a blog from a woman who has gone through weight loss surgery. She figured out why she ate so much, she started accepting who she was, and made small changes with regards to what she ate. I know why I eat the way I do so it’s time to change, and each day can be an opportunity to that change and make better choices for my body and mind.

Speaking of mind, there’s that anger thing. I’ve been in the angry stage of grief for awhile and it’s time to move on. I have found a workbook which I’ll work through (all year) and a couple of other books to read for help as well. And since this is the Year of Mercy I think this could be an opposite virtue to the vice of anger so I will find ways to practice mercy throughout the year. Again, no big changes but making one small choice a day.

As far as decluttering and deep cleaning the house I’ll have all year to work on it! I know it’s going to take time and I’ve got plenty of time to do it. I know how to do it – I just need to get it done. Well, yeah, I know the actual housecleaning is never done but you know what I mean.

So that’s it. I guess if I had to pick a word for 2016 it would be change, but then that should be the process as we go along in life right? Nothing is static – life is always changing and we must change as well. I think it’s called growth. Maybe that should be my word for 2016.

So, welcome 2016 and may the new year and all the new years to come be good ones for us ALL on this earth. We’ve got way too much hatred around here lately – let’s cultivate peace whenever and however we can.

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January 1, 2016

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