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A new look for the new year? Yes!! Thanks Sam -- you're awesome!
I hope you like the cleaner, less generic look. And who knows, you may see a few more changes and tweaks in the next couple weeks...
As the year winds to a close, I can't help but look in - what and who has touched or changed me over the last year? What and who have I touched or changed over the last year? Is the mark I am leaving the one I mean to leave? I have to remind myself: it's never too late to be who we might have been.
Every year, I tend to make New Year's resolutions revolving around health and/or fitness. I can wrap my head around them, measure them, and plan for them: and I will be doing that again this year. But I will be making less measurable, less tangible goals as well. I want to grow my faith, I want to do more for others, and I want to feel more connected to my church and my community. Just as I make and follow a meal plan and a workout schedule, I will need to come up with specific strategies to accomplish these goals as well.
Some people poo-poo the New Year's Resolution Revolution. We all know those who have grand plans only to give up or give in by mid-February. But I love the idea of starting over. My oldest is super goal oriented. She resolved to run every single day for a year. As a mom, I wasn't always a fan of this endeavor: all the days she gave up sleep to run because her life is so busy, continuing to run while she had both pneumonia and bronchitis - 2 separate times! - and the worst: being hospitalized overnight from a severe allergic reaction only to be relieved she had just completed her run before being whisked away in the ambulance and then being released the next day in time to get in that day's run before midnight. A year later, I am in awe. We can shake our heads and say it's crazy, but she did it. No excuses: not time, weather, sickness, or anything else. I hope to have that same commitment; not to run every day, but to make a promise to myself and follow through with it, to think it important enough to make some sacrifices and feel uncomfortable when necessary, to stick with it through the head-shaking of others.
So today I will be deciding on my New Year's resolutions, and coming up with specific plans and strategies to make them happen. How about you?
