Thinking about the New Year coming
As I sit here alone thinking about the New Year approaching, I began thinking about some of my 'bad habits' and the fact that some of those habits need to be 'exchanged' for good habits. Most of them relate to how I take care of myself emotionally and physically and a few how I interact with my family, and my darling hubby.
It is that time of year when one take's an inventory of oneself and if being truthful with oneself realizes the bad habits that have evolved and need changing. Making a resolution and not acting on it is useless. What motivates you? What motivates me? I am sure we all have different motivators in life and it doesn't matter what it is as long as it moves us to make the changes we need to become a better person.
I am a constant 'work in progress' and have many flaws in the way of being the kind of person I would like to be. I am really terrible about writing letters and sending cards to those I care about. I am so computer dependent I have given up on the conventional snail mail and many people still like getting the actual cards in the mail. I guess that is thoughtless on my part, or lazy.
I need to make an effort to meet some new people this year and get out of the house more often. I am too often alone. If I am not careful I will become a hermit at this rate! I need to get some physical therapy and join some healthy group of some sort as too much alone time is not good for me and sets me up for eating junk food when I'm bored and lonely. I so want to be healthier in whatever ways I can.
Well that is just the beginning of some of my thoughts about the New Year. Anyone else having these kinds of thoughts too?
Peace and Hugs,
Aly
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I've found a great way to perfect is to read and research areas in which you wish to grow, and take from what you read that which works for you, and leave the rest.
Ditto on the snail mail - I've always been bad about that, and am even worse now because of email - I love email! For me I am so busy, email is perfect because it's quick for me. But I don't feel bad - because I know I'm doing the best that I can - and feeling guilty about doing something or not doing something is not healthy.
I learned that through my research too! A good book for that one is the Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, he also has another good one called Mastery of Love that's really good too. Both of those books are quick reads.
It's good that you are looking at yourself. Many don't do that and become stagnant. I began growing when I became aware of tendencies of my character that I didn't like, when I was in my early twenties.
Sometimes, I still don't like to listen to others -when they are being a perfect mirror to me - and I have to remind myself to take a good look in that mirror, and when I do I find I grow!
Here's to growing, Aly!!
In His Joy,
Seqkat >^..^<