New Year ... SAME me!

Well look at you, 2021.

2020 was not a great year and I’m so very excited it is over and for a new year to begin. That being said I don’t expect 2021 to be suddenly better because it is new. In order to make 2021 a better year I know I have to take my part in getting there.

In the past I would say that would mean New Year’s resolutions but I’m no longer big into them. I find they are easily broken and leave you feeling unaccomplished. Even so, every year come January I’m surrounded by a cacophony of “New Year, New Me” and the resolutions everyone is making to change themselves. While I love the idea of a fresh start,saying “new year, new me” is just another way of saying that I wasn’t good enough last year and I just don’t agree!

I’ve decided I don’t need to go and start changing everything about myself just because we’re entering a new year. In fact the best thing I could do to make this year it’s best is love myself more. Last year was not perfect by any means, and neither am I! BUT I actually like the person that I am, and I am proud of this person I have grown and developed over 37 years, and I don’t have the desire to ‘change’ myself.

Entering this new year I don’t want to change myself, I want to remember to love myself more so .... My phrase for this new year is

New Year, Same Me!

Same me that has made it though this hellish year and is still standing.

Same me who has helped my 5yo cope with the upheaval of this year with

Same me who ran 600+ miles last summer.

Same me who has big goals of a sub 20 minute 5k … I’ll get there!

Same me who is a great mom and loving wife (… with a short fuse some days)

Same me who is really bad at responding to text messages - sorry friends!

Same me that struggles to manage her anxiety, sometimes I best it and sometimes it bests me, but I don’t ignore it anymore.

Same me who home schooled Teddy this spring and who created a summer full of camps.

Same me who became “cruise director” for the family this year, the cruise ship being our house.

Same me who needs 8 hours of sleep and a good run/workout to be a happy person for the day.

Same me who has a, BS, JD, MS, and is just now figuring out what she wants to do, and that’s ok!

Same me who loves to read and devours new knowledge, but always falls asleep 2 pages into reading.

Same me who has big goals of learning a new language or dusting of the one I used to be able to speak and read.

Same me who spends too much money on workout clothes and hasn’t purchased “real” clothes in *blinks* a while.

Same me who finally loves herself, is done comparing to the world and is ready to take on a new year.

Same me who is surrounded by freidns and family who shower me with love and appreciation daily.

I’ve decided that i’m already pretty awesome and I don’t need to change. I just need to remember how awesome I am.

It’s taken me a very long time, 37 years to be exact, to get to this point where I don’t feel like I have to change myself and damn it feels good! I hope you are ready for a great year, too!