HELLO 2012

We are already at the 4th day of the New Year .... wow .... where does the time go ???


We had a good New Years Eve - no major damage - other than poor Jess tripping over the step and getting a badly twisted ankle for her efforts - unfortunately she still danced on it that evening so I think it made it a touch worse the next day !!


Several of the boys stayed over and I only had to go down once to get them to be quiet at 4am - I could cope till 3am but that extra hour was just a bit too much LOL!


So then ... New Years Day was lovely - it only took hubby and me a couple of hours to clear up and then we started a Harry Potter marathon -  Sunday and Monday were very lazy, getting through 6 of the films - will do the last 2 next weekend ! When I then went into work on Tuesday I felt a little jaded and not at all happy, as the same with most of us if we are honest with ourselves - we have all had a lovely break and going back to earn a living is not what I desired !!!!


Then I have today off and it has taken me all morning to get the decorations down and become a tad demotivated again into the bargain - not bemoaning the lack of time just a lack of direction I think.


SO ....... this is the bit where you would imagine I then announce my new year's resolutions BUT ..... actually ..... no - I am not making a single one this year.


I have done my list which I am working through.........


I have regularly resolved to lose weight and never do and then always feel worse for not managing it. 
I have resolved in the past to being more organised and only ever got so far.
I have resolved to de-clutter and end up not wanting to throw things away so storing even more "stuff"


NOPE - this year I am simply resolving to carry on with what I am already doing - I am reasonably healthy (a bit unfit and a stone overweight but that's not too bad for a 46 year old grandmother) - I am wealthy enough to live comfortably - we go on holidays, sometimes have a meal out and are able to enjoy indulging the kids occasionally - and I am happy - yes I moan and groan about the usual stuff - the weather, missing the girls, the dog's behaviour, my Husband's behaviour etc, but generally I am happy ............. so why change !!! 


As  a Life Coach I should be endorsing the setting of goals and life targets ..... but looking at my list ... I already have these and, as stated before, am working on them each and every day!


Some I may achieve, some I may not, but when I look at the full list of 300+ items I have actually done quite a lot from it already - even down to having a band when I was younger (well me and an old friend Esther ) having worked on a farm ticked many boxes (seeing lambs, piglets and calves born and making straw bales, riding a tractor and bringing in hay), I have run my own business, got a degree, got my house pretty much how I wanted it, raised my children, been a juror at court......


Some things I have done more by luck than action ... and others I have actually sought to do - but in fact,  I can look at these achievements with some satisfaction and realise that I have and still am, PILOTING my own direction quite nicely. 


I really recommend doing a list to any who read my blog - even down to the simple and easy stuff like having the pond in the garden or my honeysuckle covered archway - these cost a little in money and effort but are so easily achievable and enhance my living environment in their own little way that brings a smile to my face when I sit in the garden in summer. 


Yes of course there are the bigger things on that list that I doubt now I will achieve (like becoming a millionaire or a politician!!) but they are still there and do bring a sense of motivation in some manner.


The best thing I did was to get that list down and look upon it as a life plan rather than a bucket list - so I will continue working on that and welcome 2012 with open arms for all that it brings !! 


I hope you all will too !


P.S Happy Birthday to my inspiration ...... MY DAD !!!