Headshot in SF
I know, I know. We are mid-streaming into February 2010. So why the topic of New Year’s Resolutions? Because I’m not a big fan of them, nor do I really keep them. In fact, I have a few resolutions that I constantly modify over time and I eventually accomplish my personal and professional goals, because personal growth requires flexibility.
I don’t start implementing my “resolutions” at the stroke of midnight. In fact, I am not thinking much about anything in November or December because my mind is mush by the end of the year – throw in holiday activities, tight schedules, traveling, and other people’s expectations and I’ll find pieces of my hair missing and perhaps a chipped tooth from grinding my teeth at night!
No, I spend January recovering from the holiday season, and not putting much pressure on myself for anything. I do however, think about what worked for me last year, and areas that I would like to change – I already know the answers, as I know where the “pain” is in my life.
I decided to start blogging about self care and perhaps other areas of transformation with the hope that women can relate with me and that maybe we can form a bond and share our sense of humor about our changing bodies, managing distractions (the noise in our head), relationship challenges and maybe touch on our business, instead of what it’s like being single in your 30s & 40′s and getting married for the first time in my early 40′s.
No, that is boring, I think. Self care can be boring, too but since I’m about to turn 47 in April, I would like to track certain changes that I want to implement this year. I may fail, get off the track and onto another track, or actually accomplish much! I’m a realist which is why I even bother to mention the word “fail”. I know that failing doesn’t mean I’m a loser, it means other things, like maybe I over estimated the steps it would take to meet the goal, maybe I was not honest about my motive to go there; maybe I found a better, smarter way to do it. I don’t see myself as failing, but only changing direction.
Tomorrow, I’ll write more about my goals for the quarter (Jan-Feb-Mar) and maybe touch upon the rest of the year.
