It's the new year, again. Everyone is busy setting goals and making vision boards and being excited about new opportunities and new adventures and getting things done. I also feel this optimism and excitement about recommitting to goals and thinking about what I want the future to hold.
But, it is also January.
It is cold. And snowy. And dark. It's so dark. I just want to curl up in my electric blanket right in front of the burning fire with a really, really good book and a cup of hot chocolate and read my way through the month.
Fitness goals? Sure, I have them. But am I feeling motivated to lose ten pounds during the longest, darkest, coldest month of the year when all I want to eat is a little bit of soup with my warm bread? No. No, I'm not.
Ten day Cleanse? No, thank you, the bread just got out of the oven.
So, this year I am trying something different. I am going to look at each new month as a new beginning. Taking into account the time of year, the different activities that each member of my family is involved in, and how motivated I feel to create change, I will set monthly goals accordingly.
January looks like this:
Read lots of books.
Bake bread.
Stay home as much as possible.
These goals are in direct conflict with the rest of the world. I will not be working out, I will not be eating healthy, I will not be socially active in building a business, or anything else for that matter.
But, don't we deserve a reset month once a year? Is busy, busy, busy really the ideal life? I plan to read lots of educational, interesting and mentally engaging books. I plan to try some new bread recipes and share with my friends and neighbors. I plan to spend quiet evenings with my kids playing games, reading, talking, whatever they want to do. I plan to reset my mental and emotional being after a busy year of doing all the things.
This doesn't mean that I am quitting my job or all the kids extra curricular activities or eating vegetables at all. I realize that life doesn't stop because I want it to. But, I'm not adding to it this month.
Will February look different? Most definitely. I've got things to accomplish this year!
