It's that time of year again when we prepare to usher in another year with hope in our hearts and reflect on the precious moments the year brought with it and possibly...our disappointments.
Reflection is such an important thing to do to aid in one's wellness and self-awareness, I believe. It doesn't always have to mean acknowledging the things we disliked about how we spent our time or things we failed to do, it could also mean appreciating what good has come and the many accomplishments we've succeeded with.
Personally, I'm thankful to have reconnected with an old best friend who is now my boyfriend!
Sure, it was a difficult year getting over some hurt I experienced and forging through school though I failed. But it's important to acknowledge the non-material, personal, successes in that experience--strength and determination. It can be so easy to give up, not love ourselves, and submit to loneliness, isolation, depression, self-loathing, but you didn't--you chose to take at least one little step in the right direction. You claimed the ground you stood on and said, "I deserve to be here and I will be happy somehow."
I've acknowledged that I have problems I need assistance with. I'm proud to say I have a skin-picking disorder, not saying it as a good thing to have but being accountable for it. Once you identify the issue, you can take accountability and change it. The darkness in you may discourage you and say, "this problem is so big, it won't go away" but that's when patience becomes important because big changes can't be made overnight.
Think of all the tough times you've had throughout this year, but this time focus on how you coped, managed, pushed through it. That is you; not the struggle. You're the fight in all those moments, not the mistake, drawback, or failure.
So don't put 2017 on a pedestal. The year doesn't just change you--aside from maybe a few more wrinkles or white hairs--YOU have to decide to change you.
My resolutions are broad because I believe they're more realistic and manageable this way.
My New Year's Resolutions:
1. Be happy
2. Get healthy - exercise, reach healthy weight, healthy diet
3. Better Organization
4. Better grades and work ethic
5. Budget and save money
6. Sing more
7. Love myself more
8. Spend more time with family
9. Write more for fun
10. Be kind
I hope these inspire you to plan or make good intentions for the new year.
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