Reflections

Here I am enjoying the last few hours of 2012, watching 2013 quickly approaching.  Actually, tomorrow is not arriving any faster than any other day, so I shall say that it seems to be increasing its speed with each passing moment.  I am trying not to panic.  It seems that I have unfinished business with 2012 - lists left unchecked, chores that remain undone, goals unreached.  What shall I do?

I'll tell you what I'll do.  I will rip off the page of the calender and start fresh tomorrow.  Tomorrow is another day just like today was another day that I looked forward to yesterday.  I will not fret over what remains undone.  I will start a new list and get to work.

My list begins with decisions - decisions of what my resolutions will be for 2013.  When I make resolutions, I am serious.  It is a good way for me to start new habits and break old ones.  Last year I made a decision, a resolution, to capture the year in pictures. (I thought it would encourage me to journal and blog.)  Every day I would take a picture.  I failed.  My first mistake was to try to blog with the picture, which meant more work than snapping a picture.  I had to email it, upload it and blog about it.  Too much.  Big mistake.  Overkill.  A set up for failure.  It's not that I didn't enjoy doing it, but rather, it did not fit well with my life.  It was not a realistic goal for me. 

I like the idea of a picture a day, so I'm going to try again.  My revision to my goal will be that it will only be a picture.  I will not blog about it.  (OK, maybe on occasion I will explain in a blog, but not every day.)  I will post my pictures on Instagram, so if you'd like to follow, you can find me on Instagram @runwithrobin.  This is my first resolution.  I shall do my best to keep it.

My running goal for the year is to train for and run the Chicago Marathon in October.  I want to train well, not just get by.  I want to do my best and I want to improve my running.  I will be more intentional with my training.  I will consistently engage in speed training and strength training.  I will try my best not to over train.

My business goal for the year is to manage my time more wisely.  This seems to be a recurring goal for me and I do continue to improve, but upon reflection, I think it is an area where I have slipped a little and I need a recharge.

I have a couple more, but will wait to share them on a later blog.

I'd like to know - do you have a resolution?  What is it?  I'd love to know!  Please share.

With that, I'd like to wish you a Happy New Year!  Enter the new year as if you are walking outside on a beautiful, crisp, clear day and can't help but take in a deep breath and enjoy being.  The new year is certain to hold all kinds of things for each of us - good times and bad, happiness and sorrow, excitement, anger, laughter and tears, opportunity and disappointment, beginnings and endings.  May we all have the strength, peace, wisdom, comfort and joy we will need to face the days ahead.

Hello 2013!