Back to the Mainland
We leave in the morning on the 9 am flight back to Seattle. I'd thought I'd write today but instead I've spent my time cleaning, sorting, paying bills, and packing. I'll be back in 6 weeks or so for our mid winter break but its still hard to leave. Everything in Hawaii is so much more relaxed than at home. I also live with all the windows and doors open and looking out at the water always calms me.
While I don't make New Year's resolutions anymore, I am resolved that this year I will try to be calm and relaxed. I am determined to remain optimistic, too, and embrace change whenever it comes, in whatever shapes it comes. There's a good chance a lot of big things will change this summer and I want to be as positive as possible and not let fear take over. I do find change scary–and threatening–but without change, there can be no hope of growth.
Do you have any resolutions for the new year? Anything you're hoping to focus on? Share with me and you're entered in my contest full of cool surprises I think you'll enjoy. There will be one winner and I'll draw the name on Friday morning. Good luck, and Happy 2011 everyone!
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This year I've decided to not make a resolution, but instead, I have picked a word that I can use as my mantra....commitment. I've always been committed to my family, my job, my friends, etc., but never truly committed to myself. This year I'm going to try to commit more of my energy to taking care of myself, to not always put myself at the bottom of my personal ladder while I keep taking care of everyone else and their needs. I'm going to commit to reading more, relaxing more, and generally taking better care of myself. I sometimes have to stop and ask myself, if I was a good friend to myself, would I dispense the same advice and most often the answer is NO. So this year I commit to being a better friend to myself.
