New Year/New Week and posting with my ladies from The Blended Blog with our Resolutions.
I’m also blessed to have a holiday day off to celebrate the beautiful contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. One my favorite quotes of all-time is this one from Dr. King.
I want this to be my mantra and the way of my life but so often I’m more focused on me than you. Sad but true how easily I fail but in failure there is an opportunity to grow. And this is where I find beauty in the new beginning of new year. That’s what this post is all about today and I’m so glad you’re here because I’m excited to share all that has been going through my head and ruminating in my heart on this topic.
New Year’s Resolutions! Wow, they are totally different for me this year. Why? Well, I stumbled upon The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. I know, I know…probably everyone on the planet has read it but me. I’m slow to party sometimes, but I did arrive and so glad that happened! I could not even put the book down and when I had to stop reading to eat, sleep or go to work, I impatiently waited to begin reading again. So many ‘aha moments’ for me and a totally different perspective to realign my life with goals and things I want to accomplish or change for me personally.
Why did this speak to me? Well, I loved her idea of 12 Commandments. I crafted my own to help me with creating a more happy me. At the end of the day she was focusing on being happy and realisticially to be more happy you have to work on yourself. I am not really an unhappy person even though I don’t gush or skip around smiling all the time, but I would like to make some changes in myself to develop myself better into the person I want to be. I don’t believe that happiness is the end all to life but I believe people can live a richer life when they invest and develop themselves. Gretchen made me see and understand a workable way to do just that. So today I want to reveal my 12 Commandments and explain a little about them and why these are the aspects/issues of myself I want to work on during 2018 and probably further into the future.
Whew! That’s a lot of words, isn’t it? Well, it took me a while to put it all together. I did some random writing and some Pinterest research and then wrote again and again. Edited, copied others {sorta} and finally sat down with my husband and asked if these really identified what I’m seeking to accomplish this year. These are the broad strokes of life but I’ll work on little things too each month. For example, in the realm of accepting new challenges, I want to learn some crafty things. I’ve shared my ideas with my work bestie, Tabitha and she’s in the game with me. In the vein of community, I’m going to meet up with some of my favorite blogging friends next week in Seattle. So that’s kinda how it’s fleshing out.
This month I’ve just been trying to wrap my mind around these commandments and haven’t made the little goals for the month to any great extent. I did however decideo do some cash saving challenges and if you head over to Pinterest you’ll find a board where I’ve pinned a variety of them. I’m also working on my style and reading books and recording daily Scriptures in my planner. I’m also trying to be intentional to write down five things per week that I’m grateful for because five per day was overwhelming right in the beginning. So…this is where I’m heading in 2018. It is coming together and this is the first time in forever that I feel focused and confident that this year will be filled with many new and good things.
2018 ~ The year of My Happiness Project. I’m looking forward to sharing more with you as it progresses.
By the way, here’s what you’ll find on The Blended Blog this week.
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Have the best day, friends! ~ Carrie
Where I’m linking up.
