New Year, new you? Or, just more of the same?

Fireworks over our house

 Happy New Year!!
Isn't is strange that we only seem to consider the New Year's arrival as a time to consider making changes?  Having never really been one to follow the crowd, I've tended to make changes at any given time throughout the year, rather than wait for January 1st.  In fact I said something along the same lines to my 18 y/o son last week, as he seemed to be struggling for some New Year's Resolutions.  It doesn't matter if you don't have any now, but if come April time you feel like setting yourself a goal or challenge, then go for it.  Never be restricted by silly 'rules', and allow your potential to shine through at every opportunity.

There's that well known saying: 'why put off till tomorrow, what you can do today?' and I truly live by that wisdom.  I started a new, and so far successful, diet at the start of November last year.  What! I  hear plenty of people say, with the run up to Christmas and all that lovely food just about to become available, why would you do that?  My initial reason was that I felt it was the right time for me, and I'd thought about it for a while, but spent some time researching what plan to follow.  But it was the perfect time to start a diet, as it prevented me from gorging for about 4 weeks solid (I ate freely for 3 days), and regretting every mouthful for the whole year after.  I was almost a stone lighter by the time Christmas came around, and am still feeling motivated to continue into the new year.

I will continue to maintain the promises I set myself last year, to exercise more, eat more healthily, get fitter and feel better about myself.  I do have one little seed of an idea that came to me during the past week, that I want to see if I can expand upon, which is to embark on some further training, and look into creating my own business, but I have lots to find out about first, before I can do that.

No matter what you do with your 2011, I wish you a safe, happy and healthy one, filled with whatever you would wish for yourself.