Merry Christmas (for last month) and Happy New Year!!! 🎉🎅🏻🍭🎆🎈🎁
Here are some of our Santa photos…and can I just say, I love shopping centres that give you a buzzer so you can go shopping, and when it’s your turn for Santa, your buzzer rings!!! Genius! Why doesn’t everywhere do that?! Thanks Figtree Grove!
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! We spent a lovely two weeks in QLD with family, and I actually feel super recharged! (It could also be that the second trimester has kicked in big time and I’m cleaning like crazy!!!)
Now to NY resolutions….I realised a few days ago, that I hadn’t set any New Years resolutions. None. Eeeek! I figured that time goes so fast, and with little ones I’m often not in that goal minded headspace, as most everyday is so similar! Mealtimes, cleaning, playing etc etc… #amiright
Or, I figured, it was possibly because at midnight on New Years, I was in a hospital, waiting for my sister to give birth…WHAT?
Yes it was amazing! She was awesome! Her little daughter is so beautiful and perfect and yes, people can book me as a birth photographer lol… Just kidding! Well sorta kidding….
So here I am on Jan 11th thinking, why does it need to be Jan 1st? Screw that, I’m going to do it anyway! I also read a lovely blog post HERE from A Slice of Style which really inspired me. She also has twins and has a beautiful way of writing exactly what she is thinking. She shared an awesome poem which I’m going to share here too….
Who am I?
I am your constant companion.
I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am completely at your command.
Half the things you do you might just as well turn over to me, and I will be able to do them quickly, correctly.
I am easily managed – you must merely be firm with me. Show me exactly how you want something done, and after a few lessons I will do it automatically.
I am the servant of all great people; and alas, of all failures as well. Those who are failures, I have made failures.
I am not a machine, though I work with all the precision of a machine plus the intelligence of a human being.
You may run me for a profit or turn me for ruin – it makes no difference to me.
Take me, train me, be firm with me, and I will place the world at your feet.
Be easy with me and I will destroy you.
Who am I?
I AM HABIT.
How cool is that? This year some of my goals are big one offs…and others will need to be based around developing good habits… 😁 I feel like writing them down is super important as well, as it helps you remember what your goals are, and keeps you accountable.
When I was a teenager, I used to have my goals written out constantly! In grids and very OCD…. 6months, 12months, 5yrs and 10yrs, and under all different areas such as physical, emotional, social, financial, educational and spiritual. Yes, I was a nerd. 🤓 And guess what…I achieved most of my goals!
But I haven’t done that in years! I guess I met my ‘social’ goal to be married and poof! Who needs any other goals after that? Lol. I totally do! I guess I have made new goals in the past few years, but I don’t think I’ve written them down the same way….so here goes… (oh and these are only the 12 month ones as they are NY resolutions!)
Physical –
- To push out a baby. Full stop. Actually, due to my fear of epidurals and my terrible experience last time, I hope to push out a baby without an epidural!
- To breastfeed successfully (which was very difficult with my twins)
- To exercise (sensibly) throughout and after the pregnancy.
Emotional –
- So this is a bit deep….I felt the first ever inklings of what depression might feel like in my first trimester and it was horrible. Things that would normally just roll off my back, really affected me and had me spiralling. I have never had anything like it in the past, and although it wasn’t serious, it scared me. I honestly feel for anyone who struggles with depression or anxiety on a regular basis! I can see it can be a very real demon! The crazy thing for me was, I realised that I had stopped taking my pregnancy vitamins and perhaps that was the reason, as once I went back on them, I felt much better. Who knows? Pregnancy is a crazy time, and hormones are insane! So my goal is to keep my emotions in check as much as I can control and research and understand it more. And to take my pregnancy vitamins! Wish me luck!
Social –
- Oh my goodness! This one has been hard since getting married! But in 6 1/2 years, I have finally managed to make and recognize many amazing friends in my area. I have awesome family and friends down here, yet feel lonely as I don’t connect with them as much as I could. Naturally, I’m a crazy social person, and this year, I’m going to go wild! Friends, get ready! Actually, that is a little dramatic…friends, just get ready to see me get out of the house more this year.
- I need to strengthen AND stop mourning my long distance friendships (most of my friends live nowhere near me 😭 I love and miss you guys!) So LD friends, expect a call now and then!
Educational –
- I want to play the piano more. (This has been my goal for the past 7 years I’m sure!) I would like to do a bit of classical practice (just a bit as I’m trying to be realistic!)
- I would like to teach the twins some piano…..eeeek who else is excited?!?!?
- I hope to do some more live videos and recordings…seriously wish me luck for that one. It might be a pipe dream with how pregnant I’m getting! And once the baby comes, good luck!
- This blog has been a huge learning curve (The website, photography etc etc) so I hope to continue all that!
Spiritual –
- This one has been tricky for me lately. You know when you are just scraping by….well I should be doing more than I’m doing. I need to go back to the basics, daily scriptures, morning prayers and regular Monday night ‘Family Home Evening’, our family night that the kids love.
Organizational –
- Ok so this is a new area I thought I’d add at the last minute. As I said in the beginning, I’ve been cleaning like a crazy person, and I am realizing how much I let it go through my first trimester. I’d like to clean out EVERYTHING before the baby comes…
- And I’d like to have the house tidy when I go to bed. I used to do this when we first moved in, but then….NETFLIX
So hopefully these goals will at least give me some direction… and if you haven’t made any NY Resolutions yet, I don’t think it’s too late! I hope to review them regularly, and will report back in 6 months and 1 year with how I’ve done. Being accountable really helps me, as does writing them down, reviewing them and then taking a full inventory the following year. Baby, the nerd in me is back! 🤓
What are some of your New Years Resolutions? Have you done well so far or need to restart? Have you written them down?
Thanks for joining me!
