New Year, New Intentions

What is your view on the New Year’s Resolution?

This year, I have found myself resonating with both the folks who acknowledge that they are already great, and doing a great number of things to take care of themselves, work, family, and it was just the holidays, so why add another thing when also trying to recover from the holidays…, and the folks who use this time of year to reflect and recalibrate in someway.

And while I don’t have a desire to completely reinvent myself, I am quite welcoming the opportunity to correct course in some ways. 

I have embraced Dry January, returned to the gym for strength training, and am gently reevaluating my relationship to sugar (by far my greatest weakness).

I welcome the opportunity to look at my relationship to food, alcohol, caffeine, exercise, sleep, screens, and how those factors influence how I then relate to myself, loved ones, work, and overall contentment. 

I’ve been trying some new things, and appreciating the grand experiment of everything, the gentler approach that curiosity allows, rather than clinging to routine and regimen for a sense of safety. As an all or nothing, black and white type of person, I can have fear around diverting from routine and the familiar, but I’m discovering that in doing so, a greater sense of levity and freedom is revealed. 

For instance…

I am aware that while I very much enjoy a glass (or 2) of wine with dinner, I don’t sleep as well. 

Non alcoholic Guinness tastes the same as real Guinness.

A matcha latte or chai latte is delightful without the jitters of coffee.

I have discovered the CBD I so love and thought was just CBD, actually has some THC, and I really enjoy it!

I have discovered that I crave sweets particularly at night when it's nearing bedtime and I’m feeling particularly stressed (also later, which actually turns out to be the munchies).

I feel a bit more clear.

A bit more patient with my children and myself.

I feel proud of myself for not being stuck in the same loop of behavior, and pulling myself out for a moment to actually have a better perspective on what does and doesn’t serve the great person I already am, and also want to be.

I feel more connected--to others, to my work, and to my aspirations.

So for now, I’m embracing the New Year, new intentions approach for the sake of creating more ease and connection in my life. 

What experiments might you explore for yourself from a place of curiosity and enthusiasm?

Enjoy and report back!