on THE BLOG today
See ya later 2021
Hello, 2022
WARNING.
This one is a little wordy,
but, it's a new year and I got shit to say,
goal setting ideas to share,
and a bit of reminiscing to do….
I dunno about you but, 2021 was a doozy! One of the hardest years of my life. And not even because of world happenings, but things were pretty heavy for me personally. It's true, even strong people have hard times. Even strong people can reach their breaking points. Take note to make a special effort to check on your strong friends this year. Those type A, enneagram 8s don't know how to ask for help….. ever.
Don't get me wrong, it wasn't all bad. Just hard. Really, really, hard…..
Let's focus on some good things…..
- In January, not only did I celebrate my half way to 90 birthday, but I was finally able to break the chains of my contract with my previous company and launch my MONAT business!
- In February when things were heavy up here in NYS - I booked me and my kiddo flights up and out of here! She and I spent a fantastic week in the gulf coast of Florida.
- In March I celebrated 20 years of being “non married” to Ang. Nope - we are not married, two kids, a home, three dogs later…. still haven't taken that legal step and are in no rush to do it, I honestly don't know that we ever will.
- In May I was FINALLY able to seal the deal and adopt my son! After 20 years of waiting, 20 years of raising him, 20 YEARS…. finally it became legal. It was a day I will never forget. Due to the pandemic it wasn't as I had always envisioned it. In a courtroom, in front of a judge, with photos all around. But it didn't matter to us. Sitting in my office crammed together to all be on one screen as a family. Totally mullet-ing our outfits, with nice attire on top and sweatpants or shorts on the bottom. It was done and that was all that truly mattered to any of us.
- Summer was spent entertaining my daughters every “can you drive me here?", “can I have 15 girls sleepover” whim and being outside int eh sun where I belong.
- In august - I got to see a couple of my best friends that I have not seen in TWO YEARS. It was so incredibly good for my soul to reconnect, hug, hang, laugh until we cried and just feel a little normal for a minute….
- In October we, well, we did it again and brought home ANOTHER DOG. Miss Jasmine is the cutest, sweetest, most energy filled puppy on the planet. She fits in perfectly and is going to have a wonderful life.
- Fall is BUSY season for my with photography so it was NON STOP through December.
- And, my son came home. <3 My house is alllllmost whole again.
Now that my personal recap is done…. time for the world news recap…. Just kidding. I think we can all agree that, would be a lot!…. though I will be doing some installments of headlines at a glance so if you are subscribed to my “news” updates - get ready for those! But the whole dang year? Oh lord no.
Ain't nobody got time for that!
On to 2022…..
resolutions? Nah.
I am looking more at goals! Bettering my daily life, my health, getting into weekly and monthly routines at home and in work and life.
A goal I have had for many years now - was to start this right here! I have tried SO MANY TIMES to start this. Tried to build an actual blog - still trying to do that and it WILL come eventually. Tried the whole facebook page instead of the blog thing - but of course I launched that just before the plague came in and shut the world down and I found it so difficult to stay on top of. But then I realized. I kinda do blog, with just about every post I make, every story I record.
Social media tho…. The great Facebook / Instagram crash of 2021 taught me - without a lifeline OFF those platforms, how could I possibly stay connected if they were all to…. crash and burn?
If you ask me, Zuckerberg is not one to be trusted. So, here we are….
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No matter what you do - goals, resolutions, nothing.
Your own personal WHY is always the reason for everything.
Don't know where to start? Start with figuring out your WHY and take it from there.
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