It's 2012 and how do you plan on living it?
Here is my plan for the new year: Live every day like it's my last. I know that's a little extreme but I truly do want to enjoy every.single.day of this year. I'm not a complete optimist, I do know that I will have some pretty crumby days thrown in but I have a feeling if I really think about the day I will be able to find something enjoyable about it. Heck, maybe I'll even do a Gratitude Post every day!
Americans need to stop being so negative and ungrateful. Yes our country is going to Hell in a hand basket but how about if we all banded together to change that? I'm tired of the stupidity of Americans (myself included). I'm so tired of how I've wasted so many years of my life accomplishing NOTHING. This year I want to actually accomplish something. Americans are lazy and spoiled and we need to wake up and realize how living that way is wreaking havoc on us all (as well as our country).
So this year I am focusing on my fitness (I've been into fitness and exercising for about 3 yrs now but I want to *really* amp up my focus this year). I specifically plan on focusing in on pilates and yoga. I've been interested in both exercises for a few years (bought the typical dvds a few yrs back) but never religiously used them because I got too distracted doing it in my own home. I also didn't feel like I was doing the moves correctly because it's kind of hard to tell what the instructor is doing on the tv screen. So, I kind of pushed those dvds into the back of the dvd shelf & said to myself how if I could afford a yoga or pilates class then I'd go. Nothing ever came up and when there was an affordable one it just didn't fit into my schedule so I was screwed for a few years.
Well, a few months ago the gym I go to hired a few new teachers and they now added new classes (Pilates!) & more yoga classes. I am psyched because I can now practice both all week long! Yoga is now available three days a week & pilates is offered two. I have been on Cloud 9 for a few weeks now. I have been going as often as I can & I absolutely love it.
Aside from that guy I'm married too, I have the most unflexible stiff body that I know of. It's kind of pathetic actually & I've always wanted a nice lean long dancer's flexible body. I recall reading an article years ago saying how Jennifer Aniston transformed her body from doing pilates. Transformed? Give me some of that! Pilates and yoga lengthen your body by stretching your muscles and creates and maintains lean muscle mass. Sign me up for some of that as well. I want that elegant posture of dancers because they appear leaner, which they are, but I have terrible slouched shoulders and I'm pretty sure when I become an old lady I will look like the Hutchback of Notre Dame. I want better posture and that was another reason why I've been interested in starting yoga and pilates.
I also plan on eating as natural, organic, clean, healthy - you name it! this year. I've been becoming more and more aware of how I've been literally killing my body with the stuff I've been eating. I have such a sugar addiction that I know I have really done damage to my insides. I, thankfully, don't have Diabetes yet but this year I really want to cut out most processed sugar from my diet. It's TERRIBLE for you, people. Sugar is should be your #1 enemy! Not only have I been wreaking havoc on my body with refined sugar but there are so many toxins in all our foods that we just need to be aware of it and try and prevent it. (I will have to do a whole other post on toxins in our food and how our gov't is trying to kill us all) :)
Overall, I just want to better myself. I want to actually make a difference in my life or in someone else. I honestly feel like I've wasted a good 10 years of my life - I've done nothing spectacular. The only real big things I can say I've done in those 10 yrs was get married and have a baby. That's IT. I need direction.. I hope this year I can quickly find the path that I need to get on to get direction and get running!
