Making New Year's Resolutions is Soooo 2012

Happy New Year!!  Wow I can't even believe we are in 2013.  Did you make a resolution?  Did you break it yet?

I am totally over New Year's resolutions for the following reasons:

1. I am not going to start my fitness plan at the height of "gym" season when rates are sky-high and waiting times are longer than ever.

2. I think waiting till Jan 1st to do something you should have done already to better yourself is a cop-out.  Jan 1st is a marketing dream- so many chances to lay on the guilt.

3. Large changes are PROGRESSIVE.  You aren't going to wake up one morning and change your life for good.  Cut yourself a break, take it a day at a time.

In some ways it seems that 2012 went by so fast and in other ways it lasted forever because of all that has happened.  My life has been completely flipped upside down since the start of 2012.  I have learned so much about myself this past year and have never felt happier.

So what did I learn in 2012?

• You are a soldier of one.  You are the only one you can depend on to remember (and defend) your own self-worth.  Stick to your beliefs and never let ANYONE tell you that you don't deserve something.


• Do what feels right, when it feels right.  Don't let society dictate what you have to do with your future. This is your life and you have every right to live it the way you would like.


• I can live without a manicure and pedicure every week.  This year has had a lot of monetary changes associated to it.  What started out as a very privileged lifestyle has now turned into a more frugal lifestyle. With less spending ability, I have more satisfying things in my life now.  I have discovered a lot of shortcuts though and will probably never go back to the way I spent before.


• You are who you hang out with.  The only thing that is going to make you happy is the people you surround yourself with.  Surround yourself with happy people and it will probably rub off on you.


• There are many fish in the sea, some even live in Italy. You don't need to change anything about yourself to find true love.  Loving your spouse should be the easiest, most enjoyable thing in the world.  If there is anxiety, fighting and abuse, it's not love, it's drama.  If you don't have the love of your life yet, it's just a matter of time and let fate play its role.


• Throw out your schedules. You don't need to plan everything.  As soon as you make a series of plans, God laughs and turns your life inside out.

And finally....

Be grateful.  This year I have never counted my blessings more.  I have a loving healthy family, sincere and hilarious friends, the most giving and playful husband and a mischievous yet cuddly puppy.  I am finally using my days to do things I love.  I am exploring new hobbies and I have stopped restricting myself.  Most importantly though, I am finally taking back the steering wheel to my life.