12 Steps for the New Year

New Year's Eve - A time for reflection and for making plans to go forward.  Everyone deserves a second chance, so this year, I have a major resolution in the wings that I have been preparing for in the last week or two. This New Year's Eve, my resolution is to be kind to myself.  It's as simple and as complex as that.  In the past, I have put myself through all kinds of trial in the name of "sacrificing" for the good of others.  This year will be different.

By resolving to be good to myself, I am narrowing my focus down to one thing:  Me.  It is extremely selfish of me to do this, and it's about time!  I have given freely of myself and I will be selfish enough to understand that you cannot pour wine from an empty cup.  I have to take time to refill the cup.  I resolve to put myself first and here are the 12 Steps that I intend to take.

     1.  No longer will I answer the phone or answer texts when it is inconvenient for me. 
          I have set aside a time every day when I will respond to those messages and I will stick to it. 
          My time is very precious and I will only use it to better myself and my goals.  No squandering.

     2.  I will eat well.  I am responsible for taking care of this machine and keeping it in top running order. 
          I will give my body top fuel and I will take my vitamins.  Change happens at the cellular level, and
          I will eat with the knowledge of how what I put in my body changes what goes on in the cells. 

     3.  I will exercise.  If I want the mitochondrion in my cells to have more oxygen, I have to give it
          to them.  If I want them to go through normal life cycles, I have to give them the right fuel. 
          Fat burns in a glucose flame, so I will stoke that furnace.  I will get stronger and more flexible
          as a result.

     4.  I will stick to my planner.  To everything there is a season, and if it isn't in my planner, it isn't going to
          be done.  I function best under deadlines and schedules, so my planner will be filled with all kinds of
          deadlines and schedules.

     5.  I will schedule recreation time.  Since I tend to put this last, I am going to put it higher up on my list. 
          Recreation may be as simple as playing a game or as complex as going on a vacation.

     6.  I will get up, dress up and show up.  It's important that I take care in my appearance and to stay
          current in trends.  This went up on my list this year.

     7.  I will take chances.  Chances are experiences that I will regret not taking. 

     8.   I will take time to laugh.  Laughter is medicine.  'Nuff said.

     9.  I will take quiet time to myself.  Silence is golden and I will use it as such.

   10.  I will guard my sleep like a jealous lover.  Nothing and no one will steal my sleep from me.

   11.  I will devote myself to my studies, knowing that every paper, every deadline and every exam brings
          me closer to my goal.

   12.  I will live my life according to how I want to live it, not how others expect me to live it. 
          I will eliminate whiners, energy vampires and negative people from my life.

Remolding my life is an easy task, but yet a complex one, and not everyone is going to understand when I start to devote more of my time to me.  But this is a new year, and it's going to be MY year, so everybody stand aside!  There's a storm coming and her name is Hurricane Lynn!

Nazdrowie'

Paczki Puta