As 2009 came to a close, and we started a new decade, I decided to reflect on all the changes that have occurred in the last ten years.
Ten years ago I was ready for the year to be over and put what was one of the worst years of my life behind me. My grandmother had passed away just 4 months before and I just wanted a new start. I spent the Y2K New Year's with the boy I thought was "The One". I thought for sure that because I started the year and decade with him, that I would finish it with him. Within in a year we were broken up, something we had done many times, but this time he had crossed my line in the sand. As a 21 yr old girl I was sure my world was upside down and I had no idea what to do and where to go. I spent the next 3 years figuring out who I was, what I wanted and where I wanted to go in life. It was some of the best times of my life. I embraced being single. Then I got a new job and in the second week of training this guy walked into the training room and I knew he was the one for me. I know it sounds cheesy, but it is true. I saw him and leaned over to my friend and said "If I ever get the chance to date that guy, I am going to marry him!" Two and half years, and a beautiful baby boy later, I did. He showed me what love is. He fills my heart in a way I never thought it could be. He is my best friend, my partner and everything I never knew I always wanted. The beginning of the decade feels much farther away than ten years should, it seems like another lifetime. I began this new decade the way I plan to begin each decade with the most amazing husband I never could have asked for, and our son. Now hopefully someday we will be blessed with another child to share our New Year's with, but even if we aren't I will be perfectly content to begin each new year, and decade the way I began this one.
Now on to the second half of my post my "To Do List". I call it that because I am not fond of the whole resolution thing, I think it is a recipe for failure. I would much rather make a list of things I want to do this year, this way just like my daily to do list, if I don't finish I don't feel bad. I can simply add it to the next To Do List. So here goes:
2010 To Do List
1. Watch all 3 Lord of the Rings movies with my hubby - he has been asking me to do this for the entire 6 years we have been together.
2. Lose weight, get in shape, be healthy
3. Organize each room in the house
4. Let go and get rid of stuff I haven't seen or used that is just taking up the limited space I have
5. Scrapbook
6. Go on dates with my husband
7. Spend one on one time with my son doing something he wants to do, no matter what it is
8. Send my hubby and son out to do stuff BY THEMSELVES, and enjoy the quiet of my house
9. Blog at least once a week
10. Journal
11. Meditate/Pray/Relax daily
12. Spend time teaching my son things he won't learn in school
13. Go to Church
14. Be wiser with our money
15. Continue school
16. Be more patient
17. Spend more time with my Nana and my hubby's Grandma
18. Spend time pursuing my artistic delights
19. Take time to hang out with friends
20. Have a dinner party
I think 20 things on my To Do List is a good start. I plan to work as diligently on this list as I do my daily list. I guess 21 would be, doing a Daily To Do List, daily.
I hope everyone has a fabulous year filled with joy, laughter, family, friends and lots of blessings.
Happy New Year!
(this post is a little late because I was sick, a part of my new year I hope not to repeat every year ;) )
