How I’m Thinking About 2012

Happy New Year!

2011 was a very big year me.

We welcomed a beautiful little girl into our lives, we moved into a new house, my son started preschool, my husband changed careers and I moved into my first office space.

Wow, I hadn’t written it down like that and really thought about all that had happened.

Anyhow, now we are on to a new year…2012.

I’ve been reading a lot of articles and headlines about making New Year resolutions and whether they are a good thing or a bad thing.

Personally, I think you should do whatever works for you.

I’ve thought about making a list of intentions which I have made in past years.

I’ve also contemplated making goals for the year.

But the truth is my life is very busy right now and I don’t have a whole lot of time to really pour into resolutions/goals/intentions right now.

I imagine most of you feel the same.

So instead I am trying something new this year. Something that I dabbled in last year and it worked.

I’m starting with just thinking about what I want in my life.

Because it is impossible to think about this while at home. (Bottles to clean, laundry to do, has dinner been made?, diapers to clean, emails to respond to…you get the point) I decided that I needed to head out of the house to get some clarity.

First, I set up a meeting with the brilliant Erin Brennan of Brennan Brand for a brainstorming session. We started by talking about what I want in my life.

I made sure that I did not worry about the “how”, just what I want.

Here are some of the things that were on my list:

• Personal chef
• Yoga 2x/week
• Quarterly trip with girlfriends
• Quarterly trip with husband
• Get back to Italy
• Date night 1x/week
• Monthly dinner with girlfriends
• Get into better shape than pre-baby
• Quarterly massage
• Go to the movies 1x/month

Immediately without making “resolutions” or goals, I started getting into action.

• Book weekly babysitter
• Talk to husband about a trip in the Spring
• Email personal trainer friend to set up a time to work out together
• Post on Facebook asking for best yoga studio close to my new house

And for things like “personal chef”, I’m just talking about it and imagining how great it would be.

I don’t know how it’s going to happen. But I have faith that it will…

I recommend that you make a plan with yourself to set aside time (outside the office and home) to make a list of what you want. If you do nothing more than that, you are ahead of the game.

Here’s to a great 2012…!

*For those of you who are interested in working with me, I will be accepting a limited amount of new clients in February so please email me now if you want to get on that list.

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