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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Somewhere in the Middle

The other day I walked into my condo and thought about how I would put my current state of life into words. I decided it would be called "somewhere in the middle." It's like this feeling of not being able to see the future and the past seems so far behind you, you can't remember how your life got the way it is. Nothing bad. Nothing great. Just life. I wouldn't say I'm unhappy by any means. I would actually say most days I'm in a content and slightly optimistic state of mind, but it feels very "in the middle." I'm in the thick of life. So I've been trying to decide if I like the middle or where do I go from the middle. I don't know. Maybe we live life more in the middle than we realize and we just don't notice it. Anyway, food for thought.

Monday, January 3, 2011

NO EXCUSES!


The great thing about starting a new year is that it is this defined, determined, specific time to make changes in life. I typically hate making New Year's resolutions; seriously, I haven't made one in years. This year, however, I felt the need to change or improve a lot of things in my life. And as I thought about what might be included on my list, it just became overwhelming because I kept thinking, "What is going to make me actually accomplish any of my goals?" I realized it came down to one thing: stop making excuses. It hit me that I know what areas of my life I want to improve; I know them all year round, not just at New Year's. My reason for not accomplishing any of what I want to is because I make excuses. I tell myself, "that's too hard," or "I can't do that," or "that's not realistic."  My one and all encompassing New Year's resolution is to stop making excuses and do it already; do whatever it is I really want to do. Here I go...