It’s the beginning of the year, and the beginning of many people’s resolutions. I haven’t actually made resolutions in the past couple of years, nor did I make any this year before the first of January. But in thinking about where I was at the beginning of the year last year verses the end of the year coupled with a blog post from Sherman Hu in the amazing Sarah Robinson’s 30 Days to Changing Your Game = I have decided that I need to make some goals for this year. Because I have this amazing open forum and great place to record my thoughts I think this is a great place to list out my goals.

First goal –be healthier. Anyone who knows me knows that I am unhappy in where my physical body is. I used to be able to do things that I can no longer do, and I do not like how my clothes fit. I do not like what my body has been telling me when I am active and I am just sick of being like this.

How I am going to get healthier – When I have been working on some “personal growth” stuff, I have realized that YOGA is going to be a key to my being marvelous. So I am going to be adding yoga into my daily activities, even if it is just stretching and breathing into my everyday life.  I did some yoga this afternoon and my daughter joined me for it. It was amazing to watch her do something that I enjoy so much. She is super excited to do some yoga with me again tomorrow.

Also, running is something that I am interested in, I just need to do it. I feel so much better when I run. I am really interested in running some races, well participating in races I guess I could say. I was reminded tonight about when I hit a really big goal for me with running before and how powerful I felt. I am excited to feel that again. I walked/jogged on the treadmill today and I need to go twice as fast as I did today to match that really big goal. I think that by the end of the year I can be back to that pace.

Eating is the third way I am going to be healthier. I know how to eat healthier, like it when I eat healthier, I just seem to mostly take the worse for me road when it comes to food. I keep telling myself over and over again that I will feel better if I eat better. I even have systems is place for eating better for me. I just need to step up into that part of me.

Second goal  – wardrobe makeover. I know that I dress just fine. I look nice when I leave my house for the most part, and pretty much follow the rules of what not to wear. At least I think I do – maybe I do need what not to wear, but anyway….I look in the mirror and besides the physical part of not liking how my clothes fit, in all honesty, I do not really like my clothes. I do not think that they truly represent who I am. I want people to look at me and know who I am (or at least a little bit more of who I am). So, I am going to work on really letting me be marvelous in my wardrobe. I need to do this on budget, but I think it will be a good challenge for me.

Third goal – continue blogging. I am really enjoying writing almost every day for fun and I am enjoying spending the time of thinking of the topic, slowing down to actually write, and going through the editing process.

I’m really looking forward to the end of the year to see how where how far I got over the year.