Oh the holidays. I love the few days in between Christmas and New Years. Crazy shopping is over, spending time with friends and family is relaxing – not to mention the few days we get off from work 
December was a crazy month. Lots of changes in my life (all good changes). With the stress that comes with any change, I had the tendency to justify what I was eating and drinking (oh you don’t want to know how many wine bottles and cake plates are in my trash/recycling). Let’s just say all the progress over the past few months has been negated – but I’m fine with it! I had tons of fun.
Taking time to reflect back on 2011 (I know I’m a few days early) I see that this was an incredible year. I learned a crazy amount about myself, my body and what I value in life.
I can really see now that I tend to do things to the “extreme”. For example, when I want to learn how to kayak – I sign up for an intensive 5 day white water kayaking course. When I pick up jogging – I end up running a marathon. When I go to the gym – I’ll do 2 classes instead of one. When I get into bootcamp workouts – I become an instructor. See a trend here?
I like to excel as much as the next person – but I don’t have to be firing on all cylinders all the time.
Also – I realize that I’ve set this expectation that I will do crazy races. Everyone asks me “What are your race plans this year? Another marathon?” And yes – I did toy with training for a triathlon (and of course was thinking of a massive distance). I toyed with running another marathon too. I couldn’t make a solid decision (and notice my lack of posts because of this).
So – to look forward I looked back. This blog is hilarious to me when I read it back to myself – but going back to one of the first posts – I was inspired to bring back the reasons I started this blog in the first place (and the promise I made about how I would write from the heart).
To refresh our memories – I started the blog as a way for myself to stay accountable with workouts and losing weight. I also began to write about the emotional side of the journey (which is something you can’t ignore).
Keeping things simple for 2012 – “the year of inspiration and motivation” – I’m going back to just that. I’m not going to set any crazy goals – but rather do things I enjoy and figure out what’s really driving me and motivating me. I will try new things – but won’t set a heavy expectation on myself. It feels really good to write that. I feel better about 2012 already.
So what are my resolutions for 2012? Well it’s to do things that make me happy, do things that make me healthy, and not to give myself a hard time. And I’m sure I’ll do a little more self-discovery too (that’s what your 20′s are for, right?)
