End of Year Reflections & Resolutions
Today is the last day of the year, everyone is making New Year’s Eve party plans and keeping busy. As I drink my morning coffee, I take a moment to reflect on this year that is passing. What am I thankful for? Where have I stumbled, what could I do better next year? And I make my resolutions; it is the perfect moment to reflect.
What am I thankful for?
My Family
I am lucky, I had the perfect home when growing up. Loving parents, sisters to fight and make up with. Of course, it did not always seem perfect, but when I look back, I appreciate every moment. I am so grateful. I try to live today with appreciation of how lucky I am to have all of you in my life. We do not all live in one city and aren’t able to have weekly Sunday dinners, so the time together matters even more.
My Friends
Even when we are far apart and are only able to see each other every few months, my friends will always be my friends. No matter the distance, no matter anything. I believe true friendship lasts no matter what. My friends keep me strong, they are my rock, a shoulder to cry on, a hand to hold. It makes me happy to see when they are well and breaks my heart when things are for the worse; we will always be there for each other.
My Life Partner
My love, my true and forever love. Lately, I have witnessed even the strongest loves fail, the ones I believed were forever, and it broke my heart. For a moment I felt like we were the only ones who actually are still together. For a moment I lost my belief in true love that lasts a lifetime. But you make me believe. Thank you <3
My Cats
They are my little furry babies, they are our family. A little purrfect family. Sometimes cats are better than people, they are there no matter what, they love you just as you are today.
My Yoga
I am so grateful to have stumbled upon Yoga in my life, it has changed me in so many ways, that I would have never expected. It has made me who I am today.
MY HOME
A safe home to come back to. This is something that I always took for granted, never thought much about it. I remember on one of my trips to India, I was walking back to my room after dark, feeling unsafe in a strange and unfamiliar world that surrounded me, and I thought that I am so lucky to come back to my room at the lovely guesthouse I was staying at. I felt so safe there. It’s so important to have a place in the world where you feel safe, where you feel like home. Traveling the world makes you appreciate it even more.
MY TRAVELS
I am a lucky person to be able to see and experience so much of the world. Every trip changes me in some way, makes me stronger, makes me braver.
Myself
And lastly I am grateful to be myself, just this 33-year-old girl that I am. I am grateful to have the body I have, the mind I have, for all it’s strengths and weaknesses, perfections and imperfections. Because they all make me, ME. And that is all that I want to be.
Now for New Years resolutions:
Be the best version of Myself that I can
I want to always be strong. Strong in my beliefs and my actions. I want to be brave and do all that I believe in. And I always want to be kind, as that is what I think matters most.
Be happy!
Happiness is a choice, so I choose to be happy. To live with appreciation of each day, to do my best every day and always.
Declutter!
Declutter our home and our life one bit at a time.
Make less waste!
Try to make our home better by using less plastic and less waste. Even small steps matter!
Veganuary
I am starting the year with a month of eating vegan and will try to limit dairy and eggs as much as possible in the future months. I have already been a vegetarian for a good few years now, but would like to eat a mostly plant-based diet.
Eat less refined sugar!
I am not promising to never ever eat any sweets, but I don’t want to need them. Not even after a very bad day.
Finish all my projects!
This year I have started many new projects and they still need work, so I would like to finish what needs finishing. And start new ones!
Never miss a day of my Yoga practice
Not often, but I have had days when I just did not practice at all, and I never felt good about that. So this year I want to promise myself not to miss even one day of practice. If I have no time at all, or no strength then I will at least do what I can, even if it’s only 15 minutes. Why? Because Yoga is what made me strong and I want to remain strong…
So here I leave this post to myself and go do my morning practice, the last one this year. What are you grateful for this year? Have you made any resolutions for 2019?