2011 is coming to a close and I am now looking forward to 2012. 2011 was full of a lot of exciting times for my family. Lena connected with her father. I got a "big girl" job and I purchased my first home for my family. The last 3 months of 2011 have been filled with many memorable times in our new home. These times I will never forget.
However, with the new year just days away, I'm forced to look to my future. In January my son will be 3, I will be 26 and my daughter will be 8 in March. We have much to look forward to in 2012. The new year also comes with making resolutions. While I have never been one to make resolutions, partly because I've been known to not stick with everything I decide to do, I've decided to make a few "life goals." I think it sounds better and it gives me more time to complete the tasks I've set in front of myself! :)
My life goal from 2012 on is... to become a whole person.
How I decided on this life goal, is through Jane Fonda. Strange and random, yes, I know. But I was watching Jane Fonda when she appeared on the Rosie show on OWN. She kept talking so positively about being a "whole person." She sounded so happy, centered and certain of her being. THAT is what I want, for me and the example I want to show my children.
So, under this umbrella sized life goal, I have several, maybe too many, goals and things I want to do during my life for myself and my children. These are things that we all probably wish we could do but they get pushed to the back burner because "life" gets in the way. Well, what if these items on the list, are my life? They, in fact, become part of my routine. Then, it wouldn't seem like half the hassle to accomplish. However, keeping in mind that I don't have to complete everything on my list this year, I won't feel bad at the end of 2012 if I haven't even began to consider one item on my list. I plan on adding things as I go, too.
Here are my sub-goals:
-exercise more (what list wouldn't be complete without this?)
-eat healthy
-read more books (I have complied a list of 1001 books to read before I die)
-join/donate to NPR
-be less hypocritical (we all are, even if we don't admit to it)
-understand my views of God and faith
-read a poem a day to my kids and myself (downloaded an app for that)
-spend more quality time with my children
-volunteer with my children
-restart my blog (I'm getting an early start! Why wait?)
-read more books to my children (also, complied a list of 1001 children's books to read before you grow up)
-write more letters to family and friends
-save money
-do primary historical research on a topic of interest
-be more politically aware- locally, nationally, globally
This may seem like a daunting list. And it is... life is. I'm up for the challenge. And I feel that doing this, I will also be setting a great example for my children. So, as I drink another glass of water, instead of my normal diet coke, I'm already on my way to becoming a whole person...
Just one more added item for today... I will love more. I will love my children, my family, strangers, friends, and myself more.
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