New Year
It is officially a new year. The holiday lights are disappearing and the long winter nights are settling in. It is time to restart and begin planning out our year ahead. It is time to leave the past in 2017. As someone who always wants to know where the finish is before I start, this is always a hard time to navigate. I really want to know what is ahead, what is in store for me before I venture too far out. So I start where it is easies, I begin with prioritizing my time with family, friends and teaching. I start penciling in vacations and birthdays and girls nights and even a few lazy days.
My year started out different, and I tradition I would like to keep in following years. We took a trip right after the new year. This year, my parents took us all to Sedona Arizona. I have never been before and I was awestruck with the absolute beauty. It was breath taking and I don’t mean that in a generic way. Everywhere I looked it was spectacular. And I figured this would be a good place to restart the goal I adopted late in 2017. The goal to “Be The Person I Want To Be.” This trip was the perfect reset button, sometimes our goals get a little lost in the day to day activities and we need something to change to help us get back on track.
Not only is Sedona Beautiful but it also has Vortexes, which from what I have gathered are energy forces that can inspire, heal, and enlighten those willing to partake. Not only was I willing, I really felt open to the idea of putting forward positivity into the new year. I meditated on Bell Rock, I slept next to Cathedral Rock and I watched the sun set from Airport Mesa. I felt energized and relaxed. We purchased Crystals, we cleansed them and blessed them. Sedona brought a different approach to 2018, an approach I wasn’t expecting but the perfect start to the new year.
The best part of the new year and time away from work and home, was thinking about my weaknesses. Really evaluating what I am missing when I am trying to be the person I want to be. I got to think about my training. Do I want to train for pure strength, aesthetics or a combination of both? The fact that I didn’t have a clear path or picture is a weakness, but one that I want to have for right now. I want to hang out in this space a little longer. I feel like a bigger strength and understanding is up ahead and if I rush the answer I might not have the right one.
And then I have my nutrition. My strengths are strong and my weaknesses are weak. I cannot leave this up to chance or sit on it for a while. Nutrition is something that comes with a slippery slope. A slope that turns into bad habits, before I even realize it. It is so easy for the tortilla chips to become a nightly snack or the candy to sneak into every stressful day and joyous day and gloomy day. I don’t mind having weaknesses but I needed a catchment system to allow my weaknesses to be enjoyments and pleasures not bingeing and excuses. I instilled a friend to help keep me accountable and in turn, I will help her keep accountable on her goals.
Not all of this came from the warmth of Arizona in the winter or from the hardships of the holidays or even from the refresh and restart of the new year. This came from me. This came from me wanting to be the best version of myself. The best version is not perfect and she will fail and fall. But the best version is going to be a little better than last year. My training gets to start out not rehabbing a dislocated hip, so thats good. My nutrition is starting out with accountability and clear goals. And my crystal is opening me up to new ways of thinking and new ideas. Not in one specific moment but in all the little tiny moments that are going to make up this year. And so it begins.