2013 Reflections

It's always good a this time of year to look back over the twelve months that have just passed and remember the things you have achieved, the lessons you've learnt and the things you have experienced both bad and good. Not only does this help you realise all you have done but can teach you lessons and bring about memories you may have missed or remind you of ones you could have forgotten.

 

Some of my proudest achievements are obvious ones such as reaching my health goal, starting this blog and beginning to write my book which has been a dream of mine since I was in primary school. I am also proud of the achievements my family have made over the year, my daughter finally taking her first steps at fourteen months and celebrating her first birthday, my son growing older by the day into a 'big boy' and going to his kindergarten orientation day and my husband and I completing even more of our landscaping.

 

 

The lessons I've learnt this year have taught me a lot about myself as an individual and how I interact with the people around me. My surgery at the beginning of the year taught me to be more patient and not to push myself further than necessary. It also taught me to look to the positives instead of focusing on the pain, although I did struggle with that lesson a lot of the time.

The realisation that in order to be good to my family I need to be good to myself was also important  because if I'm not happy how could I expect them to be?

 

My blog taught me to believe in myself and my abilities which led me to begin writing my book.
The most important lesson I learnt in 2013 was to be honest with myself about why I react a certain way or feel a certain way in different situations. It has really helped me bring things back into perspective when I was confused or frustrated.

 

 

The one thing I've had plenty of this year was experiences both bad and good. Surgery, a funeral, my daughters first steps, our good friends getting married, family holidays, weekends away with friends, my sister announcing her engagement, babies being born and conceived, camping weekends, the beginning of my own little business and our little puppy Roxy joined our family. There were tears and sadness as well as smiles and laughter but all in all I feel that my family and I made the most of what we were dealt.

 

 

With so many things to look forward to in the New Year, more weddings and babies, my sons first year of Kindergarten and a possible holiday in the Northern Territory, 2014 looks as though it will be another fun, exciting, emotional and crazy year.

 

I wish you all a very happy and fulfilling New Year and would like to thank those of you who follow and enjoy my blog. I look forward to posting even more of my adventures, ideas and inspirations in 2014.