The New Year

Ah, the coming new year. Time to reflect, time to make plans, time to make resolutions, and time to break every single one of them. I don’t  know why we go through all that soul-searching and agony of trying to remake ourselves in one night. As if we can undo years of habits in one fell swoop.

 

I have some pretty bad habits that I’d like to address, but for once, I’m not going to get all philosophical and think I can fix years of  habits in one month. But I will lay them out and see what I can do with them. And I'm only doing two, no need to get all heady.

 

1. Be better organized in the morning. Too often I end up buying lunch because I don’t have time in the morning to make breakfast or lunch. So often breakfast is the same thing, yogurt and berries when I get to work, and then I have to buy my lunch. It’s becoming too expensive and I eat too much when I buy it.
2. Lose weight. Now this isn’t some “gee I’d like to be the same weight I was in high school”…ain’t going to happen. But my weight is a major part in controlling my diabetes, and stopping the pain in my knees and back. I don’t have to lose a lot but I’ve been up and down so often that I’d like to maintain my weight anywhere but where it is.

 

So that’s about it. 2013 wasn’t a bad year. I had some fun, I had some lows, but I have to say the year tipped more towards the fun side.

 

Every Christmas I buy an ornament or two that represents what I’ve done this year. Some years I’m wracking my brain to find one thing. This year I bought four ornaments. So yes, it was a good year.

 

Hopefully in 2014 I’ll buy six ornaments!