New Year

Why does the New Year bring thoughts of the year past? It's just another day, or its that day that people finally feel they have the freedom to try something new, or to give up something old. I started thinking about that today, what is it about 2010 that I would like to remember or forget? What can I do about 2011 to make my life a bit better? I am tired of diets and resolutions, I am not going to do either. I am,however,going to make a statement of fact. A resolution is something we "try" to change but underneath it all, we don't change a thing. It's a feel good moment in hopes that another year is better than the last. A statement of fact is what it is-FACT! No feel good moments, not hopes that get diminished because we fail. So, in essence my Fact for 2011:
**Being Healthy-even if it means I am overweight a bit. If I am eating healthy and exercising and the result is that I am still not a model, then so-be-it.I will not be a prisoner to the scale. I will fail! I will fall! I will cry! I will eat out of boredom! I will eat because I am happy! I will eat because I am sad! I will eat healthy, I will be stronger and I will accept that life can pass me by and yet for another year I spent it worried about how I looked and not about how I feel. Fact, that will change!
**Spending more time with the kids than trying to spend time in peace and quite. I am sure my days of P & Q are sooner that what I think, so I dont' want to waste the time now. Turning the TV off will happen more than year than before, and yes I will fall back into my old patterns of wanting to escape into my room,shut the door, watch TV, read a book,and that is ok, because the Fact is that the next day I will spend it with my kids and learn that I too need time alone and that is OK!
**Keeping my house organized!What who am I kidding.The fact is, my house is a mess. I live here, my kids live here, my husband lives here and I am not a super-hero. Fine, who cares! I am tired of wasting time thinking I have to clean all the time. If my house is a mess and you come over, you won't hear an appolgy for me, because that day I spent time with the kids, or read a book or relaxed after a long day at work.
So, my year of 2011 will be better than 2010 because I am putting things out of my mind to the best of my ablity. I will learn to forgive myself for being my worst enemy. For trying to be someone I am not. I have many, many regrets with 2010 and many, many blessings as well.
Goodbye 2010 bring on the new year!