I’ve never been one big on New Year’s Resolutions. After a month or two all of my enthusiasm has gone down the drain and taken my resolution right along with it. I’ve always been goal oriented, but for some unknown reason I have trouble sticking with New Year’s Resolutions. Perhaps my other goals are more realistic.
This year is going to be different though. I’m making changes in my life and I’m sticking to them this time! Last year was bittersweet for me. I got out of a marriage that had no chance for happiness, but had to start my entire life over in the process. While I knew the path would eventually lead me to greater happiness, it was still the most difficult journey I could ever embark on. While I was picking up the pieces of my former life I learned many life lessons that I’m not sure I would have learned any other way. I learned to take charge of my own happiness. I had to get back down to the basics and remember who I was and what used to make me happy before my life was turned upside down. My journey was hard, but it was beautiful.
This year I am going to continue on that journey to happiness. My New Year’s Resolution? To simplify my life. To focus on the one thing that truly makes me happy—my son. There will always be more laundry. There will always be more work. But, he will only be little for a short while, and I don’t want to miss a thing. Even though I know 2012 is going to be filled to the brim with other responsibilities and my time will be limited, I am going to let the other things fall away and focus on my responsibility as a mother. I know I won’t be perfect, things will pile up and I may lose focus from time to time, but never has a resolution been so important to me. Watch out 2012! I’m sticking to this one!