January 1. Where everyone is making resolutions, "new year, new me", "this year I will ______"..... I'm not. I've made resolutions every single year for as long as I can remember and every single year I fail at them. This year I'm not going to set myself up for failure, I'm just going to take each day as it comes.
I'm also not participating in the One Little Word this year. It never fails, I pick a word and then by March, I've totally forgotten about it - Kudos to those of you who stick with it and focus on it all year long. I guess I just don't have the attention span for it.
I need to simplify my life. Last year was a total s**t show. We thought things would get better and it was just one thing after another. It's been nearly 2 years since a surgery that I ended up having done a second time in May 2017 and I'm still not recovered from it. I doubt I ever will be. That carried over into last year when we spent way too much on truck repairs, had to give up our dogs, had to borrow money to move. I'm not going to have high expectations this year. Don't get me wrong, I have some, but, I am not setting them so high that they become unattainable. It's not healthy for me to do that to myself.
I am however giving up sugar and soda this year. Well I've pretty much already done that. I've discovered that drinking soda causes me to gag, no joke. So if I'm wanting something fizzy, I will have a glass of club soda with a twist of whatever citrus we have on hand. It's really good, refreshing and curbs that fizz craving. Though maybe we ought to invest in a soda stream because it's going to get expensive buying club soda. As for sugar, I've found that I feel very nauseated when I eat something sweet. It's funny how my taste buds have changed the older I get. I used to crave junk - sweet, salty, soda..... but now, now I crave fresh veggies, lots and lots of fresh veggies. I'm trying to find a good balance where I'm not left feeling "starving", although I think with time that will change and it will even out.
So, here's to a new year, hopefully one that doesn't suck as much as last year did (I can't even bring myself to write it out, it was that bad). I'm not sure where this little blog will take me, because let's face it, I've tried blogging before and have given up (good intentions and all), but, who knows, this might be the year of a "new me".
Love,
Jac
