2011 - The Year of Possibilities

Yes, I’m back, friends. Sorry for the long absence. Thanks for sticking with me. A crazy schedule at work, combined with the usual hectic nature of the holidays, resulted in me being completely fried by mid December. By the time vacation finally came around, I found myself needing to completely disconnect, not just from my virtual world, but from the real one, as well. Now, after a couple of weeks of lying low, I’m finally starting to feel myself again and am raring to get blogging.

Work with the therapist has been going well. She has a really positive outlook, which a natural pessimist like me can use. She says I’m so close to really getting the whole intuitive eating thing. I wish I felt close – some days I think I’ll never get there – but it’s good to hear that from her. Actually, I do have glimpses of what it can be like. When my life is calm, I can see it. When I have the time to be rested, to engage in activities I like, to cook, or in other words, to do things that are just good for my soul, my eating is SO much more intuitive. And so, not like this is any sort of revelation or anything, but I’ve got to do whatever I can to make my life more balanced in the new year. Not just so that I can wear smaller pants, but also so that I can improve the overall quality of my life.

So, what of the New Year? Well, I’m not making any resolutions, if that’s what you were thinking. I don’t believe in them. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have a vision of what I want the year to be like. Which is why I’ve declared this the year of possibilities. I want to just open myself to the possibility that:

• I can be an intuitive eater if I keep working on it
• I can get to a place where eating is not so emotionally charged and the answer to whatever is bothering me isn’t stuffing it down with food
• My life can be more balanced
• Movement can be joyful and something that I actually want to do
• Connecting with others can be easier
• I can learn to consistently treat myself well in the ways that really matter

How are all these things going to happen? Well, that’s the part I haven’t quite figured out yet, but I think I’ll get there. For now, I’m just putting it out to the universe and I’ll keep working on it in the meantime. And I think that’s pretty good for January 1^st.