Happy new year! Make 2016 the best year ever!
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people fail at their new year's resolutions. I just read an article on this this morning. I hope it's ok that I just relay the article and my thoughts on it. The
author of the article suggested that instead of making a list that we are bound
to fail at and feel worse about ourselves because of (Because seriously, I am
not *Actually* going to get a gym membership but it sounds nice J ) that we all pick a word. Just one word, one
thing that we want to work on and whenever we need motivation, just remember
that word and our goals for the year. I think it is kind of what I am working
on with being the person I want to be. Every choice I make, every thing I buy I
think ‘Is this the person I want to be.’ (I failed at this on new years. I felt
pressured into ‘needing’ to go to a party and I ended up not feeling very good
about my choice. I went to a dinner at a friends house and then went to a barn
party. So I ended up feeling bad that I had left the friends dinner before
early, and left Sean at the friends house to go to a barn party that was
freezing cold and full of kids too young to be drinking. I should have just
stayed at the dinner party and kissed my boyfriend at midnight and then went
home to watch a movie with him. That’s the person I want to be) some of the
words that the guy who wrote the article suggested were. SURRENDER.
SERVE. PRAY. RISE.
I
like the idea of creating a ‘theme’ for the year. So many goals can fall under
and into that 1 word. I think I am going to need more time to come up with my word
but some of my ideas are intentional and focus. He actually mentioned these
words in the article as well but I just think they fit so well. Especially
intentional. I am going to be intentional about the kind of person I want to
be. Intentional about maintaining the relationships I want to maintain,
intentional about going to church, intentional about choosing to value school
over work (so that one day I can have the job I want!) Intentional about being
eco conscious when making choices regarding food/gifts etc. Intentional in
creating homemade gifts for people rather than just choosing something at a
store. I actually think I want to improve my etsy shop as part of my ‘intentional’
year. I was so appalled at the amount of gift wrap we used for Christmas-most
of which is not recyclable. I bought a bunch of Christmas fabric when it went
on sale on Boxing Day and I want to start sewing reusable gift bags for next
year with the hope that instead of 4 bags of GARBAGE just from the paper, we
have no garbage and just a neat stack of pretty and reusable fabric gift bags.
I think I am going to try sell these bags and the dream of a no garbage Christmas
in my etsy shop. Maybe craft fairs too. If I can reach even 1 family and convince
them to buy into my dream of a garbage free Christmas, so much paper would not
be wasted and put in our landfill. I read a statistic that 20% of Canadian
dumps are made up of garbage relating to Christmas. I think I just found my word. Intentional.
Here is an excerpt from the article by Drago
Adams in case you need inspiration in finding a word for 2016! To help you get started ask a few questions. What do you want to focus on this year? Or what’s
in the way? What do you need more or less of? What needs to change?
I would be a pink peony. They are delicate, beautiful and complicated. They are my favorite flower and make me so so happy-just like I would like to make others happy!
1. I would like to bring my family photos. 2. I would bring my history textbooks! the future generation needs to know the past in order to move forward. 3: My oma wrote a book about my families history. I would love to be able to pass that on! 4:The bible. I don't always agree with the way it is interpreted but it is a huge part of my family, I think it should be passed on (with a grain of salt ;) ) 5. Music. I dont know how this would work...like maybe an ipod with an ininite battery? or a record? those are pretty indistructable. I think music tells a lot about the culture where it originated from, would be a cool snapshot into the past for future generations (PS if it is the end of the world, where do these future generations come from?? 6: Blankets. I hate being cold and I hate when other people are cold. When people stay at my house I try to make sure they have at least a few blankets on their bed! 7:Wapons! Guns! Knives! Unlike the walking dead, living in canada, I feel like it would be a lot harder to just come across weapons should I need them! 8. Food enough to share with people and trade for protection as I really wouldnt want to be the one using the weapons I brought haha 9. The people I love. If the end of the world is coming, I don't want to face it alone! 10. the keys to my invincible underground bunker where I would be safe from radiation, zombies and any sort of apocalyptic bug infestations. No I don't have a bunker but I will work on that ;)