It's February...ah...where did January go??? I had such a busy month my head is still trying to catch up with the rest of my body. I had quite a few things going on and I seemed to have spent a considerable amount of time cooking and entertaining. Not that I am not always concocting a recipe of some sort, but I seem to have been spending some extra time in the kitchen.
My Deconstructed Cabbage with Turkey mince and Cucumber Salad. I saw someone make something similar in a video, but I changed it to my liking.
I have also been spending extra time sorting clothes, old crockery and anything that reminds me of yesteryear. As in my previous blog this is the year of change. So everything that is tied to something that is of no use to me is either being donated or thrown out.
New Year's resolutions seem to have evolved in to long term goals or plans. I find that if you say to yourself I am going to do this or that but you don't give yourself a plan or a time limit you won't follow through. You have to literally promise yourself you will do what you set out to achieve!
I work best when I know I can commit to something. For example; After the birth of my daughter I decided I would quit smoking permanently. I didn't smoke through either of my pregnancies but the first time round I was not ready to give up completely. The second time round it was hard, even though I only considered myself a social smoker, it was surprising how strong the cravings were. But I pushed through. I was busy with my baby, I was hungry all the time and I quit drinking coffee. Whenever I had a nicotine urge I would eat roasted almonds. This helped me quite a bit and finally after about six months the urge for smoking was gone. Two and a half years on and I can say I have no desire to light one up.
My body is loving me for it!. Although that extra 10 kilos still hasn't shifted!
My resolutions for this year were to bring back positivity in my life, start readying myself for some new challenges and to re-organize the whole house so it functions efficiently.
I have been studying and watching a lot of organization videos and have implemented what I have learnt. I still have a way to go but I've given myself the whole year and I'm ticking things off as I go. I'm tackling our spare room next which holds the bulk of clothes that won't fit into our wardrobes.
Alejandra Costello has some fantastic organizational tips. I have watched quite a few of her videos on You Tube. She has some great DIY projects too and if your on a budget she gives you some great options. Type in Alejandra Home organizing on youtube. Check her out, she is worth watching
My last resolution for this year is to start preparing myself to go back to work. I have spent the last few years at home with my children and although I loved having this time with them, I'm eager to go and do what I love best. I believe in order for me to be the best I can be, I need to work and find a happy balance for myself, my partner and my kids. Life seems to go in cycles which last a few years at a time. Each cycle gives you new experiences, memories and lessons.
So this year along with cleaning up and sorting out I will also be doing a couple of refresher courses to ready myself for the job I want to do.
I am really looking forward to this. I cannot believe how much I missed the daily grind of getting up, driving through traffic and having somewhere I had to be at a certain time. We always complain how we wish we didn't have to work and could win the lotto. In my case I found Motherhood was the hardest of all jobs so going back to anything else will be a piece of cake now.
I love my kids dearly, but the time has come for us to all do a bit of our own thing. My son is in Kindergaten, my daughter started a couple of days day care. They are happy and thriving and I love seeing them change and develop into little people with big personalities.
To help me with my planning, I have bought myself a diary and some notebooks. I like to have things written down, even though I know my phone can hold everything in it and is designed to be used for organization, I still prefer to write things down.
I'm not a person who needs a hundred affirmations pinned to my wall. Most of it is in my head. If I come across a quote now and then that stays with me I will share with others. I don't like reading self help books. However I do like listening to people's experiences, watching how to videos and implementing some of my own pizazz (if that's how you spell it). Hopefully everything I have set out to do will happen. No scrap the hopefully it will happen!!!!
Sorry it has taken me so long to write again! I should have put that down as one of my resolutions to write more often!!!
I hope wherever you are in the world you are enjoying 2015 so far. I am determined to make this a fantastic year. See you in my next blog post.
Quote of the day: Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, Anyone can start from NOW and make a brand new ending.
