It’s January 2, the day when all your New Year’s
Resolutions come to light. Are you
really going to do it this year? Will
they last longer than a week? A month? A couple months? Who knows?
A friend of mine posed the question on Facebook the other day, and it
got me thinking. I haven’t made a New
Year’s Resolution in years (guess you could say that not resoluting is my
resolution. J ). Why don’t I make resolutions? Simple, I believe self-improvement can and
should happen when one is inspired to do so, not when the “magic” time rolls
around.
In July of 2013 I decided that my prayer life and quality
family time needed an overhaul. Finding
time for these things is difficult when I’m not teaching, but once school
starts it seems impossible.
I have
always been great at stashing meals in the freezer but that only got me so
far. So I dove into meal planning, and
by planning I mean the first 6 weeks of school with the grocery list on one
side and when needed to be pulled out of the freezer on Sunday night on the
other. I thought maybe I was insane, but
it saved me TONS of time. I spend less
money and time in the grocery store and less time in front of the stove when I
got home. No spinning mind wondering what
we should have for supper only to find out I’d forgotten to pull the hamburger
out to thaw. All this added up to more
quality family time and less stress for me!
As far as pray time goes, I asked for help. I knew I couldn’t do it alone so I asked some
very dear friends to pray for me and keep me accountable. They all had amazing ideas to help keep my
pray life solid and fruitful. It has
also created a bond with these women I could have only imagined. I now get my rosary said on the way to work,
bedtime prayers in with the kids almost every night, and other prayers said
while brushing my teeth. I also journal
when I can and seek inspiration where God leads, which has been in some crazy
ways!
Clear back in June 2012 I decided I needed to get my butt
back in shape for a variety of reasons.
It was a rather difficult decision since I was used to being in shape as
a HS and college athlete. But that was
many years and 3 kids ago! I dreaded the
idea of gasping for breath and having every muscle in my body ache, but I
started. I made a list of all the reasons
why I was going to stick with working out (by the way, losing weight was not on
the list and my list will follow in another post).
Know what? My last
horrid migraine was over 3 years ago, before I got back into shape. My headaches in general have decreased and my
whole body has fewer issues. I have more
energy now, and I haven’t been really sick in a long time (probably just jinxed
myself).
As far as I’m concerned go ahead and make your new year’s
resolutions. I wish you luck with them,
but if they don’t pan out, don’t be afraid to do some self-improvement
throughout the year.
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