OLW + 2012 plans

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On December 31 I looked up and for the first time in a very long while, with the brilliant colors of fireworks right in front of me, I felt full of hope and excitement for the coming year. When the hubs said, “It’s midnight,” and dozens of fireworks punctuated his statement, I smiled and thought: Here we go. It’s 2012.

I think because for the first time, I felt like I had things planned. It wasn’t about getting through the year, it’s about making it as awesome as I possibly can.

My One Little Word for 2012 is MOVE. As in:
> move on from past hurts and damaging, self-sabotaging thoughts;
> move my @ss and become physically stronger by incorporating regular exercise into my days again;
> move forward on plans I’ve thought about, written about, and planned about in the last couple of months;
> move to my own rhythm and beat and focus on what I love, never mind people’s judgements.

For the first time, I feel so ridiculously excited to work on this word in my life. I feel it resonate in me and become a mantra I mutter under my breath when I am faced with choices to make or tasks to do. When my heart settled on this word, as gently and snugly as wrapping an afghan around myself, I felt hope again. I felt like I could do anything. Which is pretty awesome to feel at the beginning of the year.

In fact, I felt it even when I got a bad case of allergic rhinitis (uncontrollable sneezing, eye-watering, sniffles, etc) due to all the gunpowder smoke and residue after all the fireworks. That counts for something, right?

I do have a major project in the works that I’d love to finish and share by end of the quarter. I started work on it in November and took a break in December, but I really want to get back to it. As for life goals for the year, I’m choosing to focus on three major things: this blog–which I am restructuring to be more of a scrapping blog than anything else (with bits of my life thrown in); my overall health–a really scary incident in December drove home the point that my life has gotten too sedentary, and I choose to love myself and take care of myself with regular exercise and a better diet, which I want to document here to hold myself accountable; and celebrating my worth with little projects and tasks that I enjoy doing, which include scrapbooking, taking care of the hubs and our home, and reconnecting with friends. The last bit I am being really flexible with: I do have a list of stuff I’d love to accomplish, but one of my other mantras is to be gentle with myself if I don’t get to do all of them. It’s been a struggle, but I’m learning how to forgive myself and just keep moving forward.

By keeping it simple and streamlined, I know I can create more movement, which is ultimately what I want 2012 to be known for! Now I’d like to know: what do you want your 2012 to be about? What are you aiming for? What are you excited about?

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