Reflections & Resolutions

So its the last day of 2012. At midnight people will be making those new years resolutions. Some of those resolutions may not last until morning. So do those resolutions really mean anything or are they just tokenistic?

Reflections

How was 2012 for you? Can you list what you loved, liked, disliked, loathed? Some of you may even say 'who cares'!

Can you change things so 2013 will reduce the amount that appear in your dislike and loathe list? I have to say Im struggling a bit with this. I find it easier to list the bad stuff. The good stuff I have to dig for.

So here it goes, I could list more but will keep it to the key things:

2012 Good Stuff: Job promotion; being challenged at work to better myself; finding the sugar free life and the benefits of what goes with it (feeling good, losing weight etc); finally attending a photography course (beginners basic!)

2012 Bad Stuff: seeing friends lose loved ones; having my auto-immune disease flare up; NSW losing another State of Origin.

Does the good stuff align with the goals (resolutions) I set myself at the end of last year? Some what. But looking back i didnt really set specific goals. It was a pretty flippant list of: get healthy; learn photography and improve at work. Yep I set the world on fire there. Im gonna get a bit more specific for 2013.

Resolutions

So what are my goals for 2013.

Home: 

• by June declutter my house - simplify things - create space; 
• by April fix the stumps on my house (god this has been on my list for ages); 
• by December have started my kitchen/dining renovation

Work:

• by June develop, implement and evaluate a process for my staff to engage with me in my 'Speed of Trust' learnings
• by December have presented to a conference on the major policy changes I have been involved in.

Health:

• first priority is to heal myself and get through the latest UC flare into remission . Heal so i dont need medication. Eat/drink foods that are healing, low fibre/residual which may mean sugar is on the ingredients list and clean eating out (lots of vegies and fruit during this time can be mighty painful....crazy) ....check out my post called "so whats the deal with quitting sugar" for more info on Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
• post flare - which will hopefully be early January (im optimistic) get back on the no sugar (fructose), clean eating regime. Include probiotics and fish oil to help my UC.
• by December be completely sugar free and eating clean - like its second nature - no thinking about it - using fructose free sugars to still have the 'sweet stuff' - removed artificial sweetners from my diet.  

Life & Love:

• Everyday - Be kind to myself; put myself first; include some creative outlet every other day and meditate regularly
• Once a month do a random act of kindness - maybe its buying a $50 woolies voucher and giving it to a pensioner; maybe its helping someone carry something to their car. who knows it will be random. But ill keep a list on my blog of what ive done. to keep me accountable.
• Be open to be loved. Im working on this and Ill promise to try. ( i cringe as i write this - geez im really being open with you all!)

OK so thats it. I'll update regularly at milestones to let you know how im going. Feel free to share you goals for 2013 - you never know who you may inspire by doing so. Pay it forward friends. 

bx