I haven't made a New Years Resolution since high school but I feel like this is the year to actually make them and stick to them. And I want to make real and thoughtful resolutions not the typical lose weight this year like I used to do. Anyway my resolutions for 2011 are as follows
1) Find a job - I've been with Little Man long enough. After graduation when all my friends were going to grad school and looking for grown up jobs I was taking child birth classes and prenatal yoga, then caring for a newborn. For a few months I also randomly worked retail at the place I worked in high school. Well now is my time to really get on my grind and find a grown up job myself. I've applied for a few an received the oh, you don't have enough experience emails/letters back but hopefully if I dedicate more time I will find something.
2) Create a stable routine for the Little Man and I - We used to have a routine and I have no idea what happened to it. We stick to it up until 2pm and then life becomes a free for all. I want to go back to having a consistent dinner time, bath time, story time etc. This especially needs to happen if I'm going to be working and if I want to keep my sanity since he is so active now.
3) Figure out what I want to do and what type of grad program I want to do. In college I used to want to go to law school. I was really adamant about wanting to be a prosecutor and put people away because I thought people for the most part are awful and undeserving these days. On top of that working at a police station didn't help in becoming less jaded and bitter. Anyway after adding a sociology minor and really delving in to social problems and finding out I was pregnant I found a little more compassion in me and my feelings about a lot of things changed. And although I know I can still go to law school and do different types of law or use law to help people. I just don't feel passionate about it anymore. A part of me feels like I also wanted to be like my mama too.
4) Live A Healthier Lifestyle - After little man was born I was on a health kick. I was active all the time going to the gym, hiking, walking, running, racing, and eating right. Around August I kind of fell off and now I want to get back on track. I know that I need to make a lifestyle change and
not say things like "diet" or set a number of pounds to lose. That way I don't set myself up for failure and I know it will work. I ended up losing 55 pounds and felt great because I wasn't stressing numbers so much during the process.
5) Figure out my relationship with M - I don't know where to start with this. But I don't want to go back and forth in the new year and I don't want to resent him.
Well, here's to a wonderful New Year! I'm off to visit my BFF before she leaves and get ready for my family's NYE tradition. We always have a big seafood dinner with lobsters, shrimp, and scallops and then ring in the new year with sparkling cider (well alcohol since everyone can drink now).
<3 Kim
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