Day 4 of the year, and I sit on the living room of the condo and ponder what is this year going to have in store for us.
As I mentioned before, every year we come to the condo to regroup, we take inventory, we make goal lists. At the end of the year, we are usually back to square one or so it feels. We have survived another year and we start another list. We plan for the new year with hope and dreams and goals and we set out to accomplish those starting as soon as we get home from our vacation.
During this vacation, however, we wanted to get used to a new year’s routine, get up early, write, exercise, bike ride, and even run a 20+ mile training run, amongst other things. Then we got sick. I don’t remember the last time I felt this sick in my life, because I don’t have time to get sick during the year. We have been playing it by ear all vacation long. With 5-days left, I’ve been feeling anxious because I haven’t gotten much done and it’s almost time to go back home. Once I get back, I’m afraid it will be a rat race again.
I guess my biggest goal for 2014 is going to be time management. Falling into a good routine, of getting up early, doing some journaling and reading, and exercising, then making sure I’m eating well and de-stressing, will be crucial. At least that’s a rough draft of the routine. Staying motivated to do all these will continue to be my biggest challenge.
Practice one day at a time.
