The End of Another Year

So, every year about this time i reflect on the past year and what i've accomplished. i have always been a goal-setter...both short-term and long-term. Reflecting helps me reconnect with those goals (i write them down...who can trust an old memory bank like mine?), and determine what i want to accomplish the next year and how all those litte goals (eat this cookie? will it help me lose those #!% pounds? or do i even care?) determine the following year and long-term goals. So...i'm having an ageing crisis...65 and counting. until a few months ago i looked in the mirror and didn't think i looked so bad for my numbered age. But lately i don't even recognize the woman staring back at me. Do i see my mother's reflection? NO! Now she was a cutie...naturally graying hair that looked like spun honey and just the sweetest face you would ever want to meet. What i see is the face of an ageing, overweight woman without much potential.

Now i *know* that i have the power within me to do something about that...so my biggest FOR SURE resolution and goal for 2011 is to lose weight. Not just *some* weight....oh, no....i plan on losing 68#. ~pause for effect~ Whew!! Now that i'm "old" i have to do more than not eat, i have to exercise and i simply hate, hate, hate to sweat!!! well, i'm just going to have to get over it and "bite the bullet"....getting on the stationary bike and swimming will be my two main exercises. i'm going to plan my menu for two weeks at a time and give myself one day a week where i can relax a little...not a lot, but a little...like a dish of ice cream with strawberries on it. Just a small dish...and just one dish.

so...Weight Watchers here i come.

Other goals you ask?

* Save money for my cruise in August
* Get rid of my over-stocked studio inventory
* Not let outside distractions keep me from my goals

i have two quotes that keep running around in my head:

"Don't Let Weeds Grow Around Your Dreams"

and

"There Are No Ordinary Moments"

i'll be posting more on those in the days to come.

Have an extraordinary day!!
janie