Wow. It is 2013. The holidays came and went. The New Year came and went. I watched with bittersweetness as someone finally hauled off my Christmas tree yesterday. Now, it is diets and workout commercials. Everyone wants to lose weight that we gained last year, and the year before... and the year before.
Granted, I am definitely trying to eat better - but that is always a uphill battle. And it always will be for me.
This year I will continue to work with my church's youth group - and we have planned out the first quarter for them over the past two weeks. As I did this - it struck a cord with me... we always do the same thing the same way - and the kids are happy with this idea. However, when we do something new, they love it and that becomes the new normal.
I feel like I am on the same ride now, on a repeat loop. Why do we make the same resolutions every year? Why do we do the same x y and z all the time? Granted, the known is comfortable and usually easy.
As a child/teen/young adult - there was a striving to get better and push myself towards that next goal or milestone or to build up my resume or some new adult task (like buying a house!). But once you are an adult - what is next? Do we live from event to event, holiday to holiday, new years resolution to new years resolution? Do we look forward to the weekends when we don't have to do anything so we can sleep in? Is this the "good life"?
I am content, which is perfectly acceptable (I guess). How do we find new ways to push ourselves to be better than we were next year? What real resolutions should we be making - or more importantly - should we be keeping?
Now, I am not sure of what I will do to make 2013 different. I want to find a way to mix it up this year and push myself to be better. I was to challenge myself and ensure that I make real goals that help me grow as a person. Honestly, I think this may be more of a challenge than losing weight - maybe they are linked.
What are you doing this year? How are you mixing it up for 2013?
I finally decided to make my dream official. Len and I started full circle fotography. Basically nothing has changed except we now have tax deductions and a business license. We jumped off the ledge and bought expensive camera equipment (at least to us) and are swamping social media with our cause. No intention of getting rich, just of telling stories and finally having a domain where they can remain. Forever. It should be an exciting year and hopefully, at the end, there'll be a collection of amazing stories and photographs that will stand the test of time. I think it's much better than the usual resolution of losing weight. We know what happened with that! Great Suzie!
ReplyDeleteWe should talk about my grandmother - one of 11 children, one of 3 still living. She has so many great stories - I am actually considering writing them down so I can one day write a book on her. (Plus who doesn't love a story that has a 92 year old with a new boyfriend?!)
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