2019 - The Year of Me
I am 48. I am single. I am a Mom. I am a woman. I am a human being. I have value. I have worth. I am important. I am beautiful.
2018 was a tough year. I just sort of limped along, taking care of others and not taking care of myself. I worked so hard, I got sick frequently. I visited so many people, did so much volunteer work, and lost myself in the identity that came with that. I stopped taking any kind of care of myself at all. I stopped caring about a lot of things in my life. What happened to me? Well, I happened to me. I allowed myself to do more than any one person should do for others at the cost of that individual. I wore myself out by trying to keep things together.
2019 is NOT that kind of year.
During Thanksgiving, I did a lot of family photography. My niece took one picture of my siblings and me from above and I HATED the way I looked. I hated my coloring (super pale). I hated my body (super big). I hated my smile (yellow teeth). I came to a realization. I was doing too much. I was doing for everyone BUT myself. I began to make a bit of a transition in how I think and act. I changed my habits to benefit myself and I began treating myself as valuable. By the time 2019 rolled around, I was making big changes.
BIG CHANGES
I decided to change my eating habits and began Intermittent Fasting (IF) on November 28, 2018. By Christmas time, I had lost around 17 pounds. It was easy and simple and something I could do and enjoy. I have done so many weight loss programs, but I decided that if I don't like it, I'm not doing it. IF has been a life and game changer for my daughter and me. We have both lost significant amounts of weight and our doctors are thrilled as are we. I had to buy new jeans because mine just fall off me now. WIN! 💓
BIG CHANGES IN VISUAL FORM
For 2019, we decided to do Vision Boards. We pulled our thoughts together for 2019 and grabbed bunches of magazines for inspirational images. My theme for 2019 is HEALTH.
Health in EVERY area: Relational, Financial, Spiritual, Emotional, Physical and Mental. We have made so many positive changes in our household and we are loving life again. I feel better. I look better. I have more energy. I appreciate my family and friends more. I think more clearly. I enjoy the little things. I don't sweat the small stuff. Life is so much better because I made this decision. I see my vision board every day and I take a few moments each morning to study it as a reminder. I also keep this photo on my phone and look at it when I need inspiration.
I am focused. I am so much happier and live life with so much more joy.
If you have questions about Vision Boards, let me know. For now, I'm going to go because I'm dying to get out of this house.
Check you later!
G
2018 was a tough year. I just sort of limped along, taking care of others and not taking care of myself. I worked so hard, I got sick frequently. I visited so many people, did so much volunteer work, and lost myself in the identity that came with that. I stopped taking any kind of care of myself at all. I stopped caring about a lot of things in my life. What happened to me? Well, I happened to me. I allowed myself to do more than any one person should do for others at the cost of that individual. I wore myself out by trying to keep things together.
2019 is NOT that kind of year.
During Thanksgiving, I did a lot of family photography. My niece took one picture of my siblings and me from above and I HATED the way I looked. I hated my coloring (super pale). I hated my body (super big). I hated my smile (yellow teeth). I came to a realization. I was doing too much. I was doing for everyone BUT myself. I began to make a bit of a transition in how I think and act. I changed my habits to benefit myself and I began treating myself as valuable. By the time 2019 rolled around, I was making big changes.
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| That's me in the bottom right corner in red. |
BIG CHANGES
I decided to change my eating habits and began Intermittent Fasting (IF) on November 28, 2018. By Christmas time, I had lost around 17 pounds. It was easy and simple and something I could do and enjoy. I have done so many weight loss programs, but I decided that if I don't like it, I'm not doing it. IF has been a life and game changer for my daughter and me. We have both lost significant amounts of weight and our doctors are thrilled as are we. I had to buy new jeans because mine just fall off me now. WIN! 💓
BIG CHANGES IN VISUAL FORM
For 2019, we decided to do Vision Boards. We pulled our thoughts together for 2019 and grabbed bunches of magazines for inspirational images. My theme for 2019 is HEALTH.
Health in EVERY area: Relational, Financial, Spiritual, Emotional, Physical and Mental. We have made so many positive changes in our household and we are loving life again. I feel better. I look better. I have more energy. I appreciate my family and friends more. I think more clearly. I enjoy the little things. I don't sweat the small stuff. Life is so much better because I made this decision. I see my vision board every day and I take a few moments each morning to study it as a reminder. I also keep this photo on my phone and look at it when I need inspiration.
If you have questions about Vision Boards, let me know. For now, I'm going to go because I'm dying to get out of this house.
Check you later!
G
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