and finally, it’s the new year. tyler and i stayed up watching HIMYM on netflix (we’re almost to the end! ted mosby, hang in there!) and rang in the new year with a big smooch before we crawled from the couch to the bed. sexy, i know. :)
january is a wonderful month. my house is finally free of christmas (a holiday i’ve got a love/hate relationship with) and i can finally breathe again without all the clutter (aka festive decor) around the house. it’s refreshing to have a clean slate and a big list of goals. it’s exciting to look forward to the future and the wonderful plans it brings. i’ve noticed some people have words for the new year; themes they strive towards. i think that’s a fantastic idea.
so mine is simple, and it’s the first word that came to me. this year, alie, you’re all about renewal.
RENEWAL: to make like new : restore to freshness, vigor, or perfection | to make new spiritually : regenerate | to restore to existence | to begin again.
so step one, begin again. i’ve got to find the person deep down inside of me that tyler fell in love with. that fun-loving, crazy artist has been pushed to the back burner from all of last year’s crap (there, i said it!) and needs to resurface. last week i started painting again, have i told you? it’s really just little watercolor pictures and a few sketches here and there, but it’s lifted my spirits already. they are quite horrible but it’s my own fault for not practicing the past few years. i have plans for a trilogy of watercolored animals for jack’s room. here’s the first (and please don’t laugh):
in the spirit of renewal, here are my other goals, in no particular order:
-take my daily vitamins, especially 4g of folic acid, iron, and my super-B complex
-drink 64oz of water daily
-eat more leafy greens (kale, swiss chard, bok choy – i’m talking to you!)
-exercise 3x week (yoga, pilates, running)
-paint more often. draw more often. ART NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
-sew a quilt (especially excited about this one – i’ve already got the pattern thanks to a lovely Christmas present i received in the mail)
-buy a house (*possibly* – this one’s not set in stone because we don’t know where we want to be – east bay? in the city? stay in san jose? – but we’d love to buy a house by next Christmas. that is, if you can drag me out of our current home first. i do love it here so much!)
-expand our family (you read right. after a lot of horrible internal struggles and cryings and renewing, i DO want another baby. not yet, but soon.)
-be happier (this should come as a result of the above)
Here’s last year’s goals … did I accomplish them? Not sure.
” I’m not much into new year’s resolutions, but I have resolved to enjoy life more and to be happier with who I am as an individual. I’m trying really hard to embrace the imperfections and focus on being the best wife and mother I can possibly be. I want Tyler to look at me and know I am happy, and I want Jack to see me as a role model. If I’m not confident in my own skin, how can he be confident in his?”
what are your goals? does anyone else even make goals anymore?