A Year of Faith

I heard that the Pope says that 2013 is going to be a year of Faith.  I like this idea.  I want to make 2013 the year that I regain Faith in myself.  I have been lacking this faith for a long time now.  I used to be able to accomplish everything I set my mind to, and that hasn't been happening as much.

I also hope that 2013 will be a year in which I will have faith that everything will turn out the way it is supposed to be.  I want to have faith that 2013 will be the best year yet for me.

I am going to have faith that I can accomplish all of my New Year's resolutions.

And I'm going to have faith that any little failures I might experience will not be indicative of an overall failure.

Getting ready for 2013

So I started up a new blog to track my goals, so that I don't get this blog all bogged down with so much self-reflection.  Also, I don't really want to make this blog about my own personal religious beliefs, since I think that anyone can practice mindfulness.  I don't like it when people insert God into everything, because I think that for people who don't believe in God, it creates discomfort that can be a barrier which prevents getting everything possible out of something.  I know that is the case for me, partly because I have a preconceived notion about what other people are thinking about when they talk about God.  I think that a person's beliefs are very personal to them, and it's not my place to inject that into their lives, so I am going to keep quiet about religion.  This post will be the only one where I even mention God I think.

In any event, I'm going to get back into more active posting on here, especially since I'd like to get the hard copy of my book out on Amazon very soon, as well as making the revised and expanded edition out on Kindle.  Now that Nick is 6 months old, I have a lot more to say about mindfulness and the seven attitudes.

I also kind of like having an attitude to focus on each day, although I can't promise I'll be making a daily post in here!

I am doing great with Boot Camp.   I feel like my entire attitude towards exercise has changed.  I feel really good about myself in some ways, and not in others.  If I had some sense of how to earn some money I'd feel great all around.

My arms are really sore.  I'm not sure if it's from working out or something else.  Nick is teething and has a cold and isn't sleeping well.  I'm exhausted.  I also baked bread today, and I haven't done that in years.  And I sewed napkins last night.

I'm kind of excited about the holidays.  I've got stuff to make candy and I'll be doing other baking things.  And then Solstice dinner is next week, which will be great although a lot of work.

I'm slowly getting decorations up and that's good too.  I got the pink and silver tree up and it looks so pretty!

A shower and tea and bed is all I have planned for the rest of the night.