Last year I started the year with a rather lofty goal of taking a picture every day and writing about it. I did great until the end of May, got behind, and couldn't get caught up so I stopped. For a long time I viewed this as a failure on my part. This morning, I decided that I didn't fail - I was 42% successful! I am tweaking this some for this year in order to be more successful and less overwhelmed. My goal this year is to write at least once a week - there may be weeks I don't write at all and weeks I write more. The writings are, for the most part, for me - a place to put my thoughts and feelings into words. I will share them with you in the hope that something I say will resonate within you. I don't expect all of you to agree with me, as this would be a boring world if we all agreed on everything! And so, 2013 begins...
On New Year's Eve we had our annual gathering with dear friends. It was a blend of food and wine, laughter and serious conversations, chaos and calm; a microcosm of another year of our friendship. I spent a period of time outside by the fire pit by myself, enjoying the quiet, reviewing the past year, and reflecting on the coming year. It was a year of ups and downs, with many joys and some sorrows. A pretty typical year in most respects.
I have chosen NOT to make any resolutions for 2013. Instead, I am setting some goals to work toward. Some would say there's not a difference in resolutions and goals, but I believe there's a huge difference. A resolution has a connotation of failure if it is not achieved, while a goal is something to work toward until it is achieved, no matter how long that takes. And one of my goals is to set myself up for success rather than for failure. I tend to dwell on my failures as a mother, wife, sister, friend, teacher, Christian so I am going to work on noting my successes instead!
I'm glad you're taking this journey with me this year. Here's to a highly successful 2013!
