New Year's Day, Reboot Style
So, we rebooted the New Year.
I wasn't happy with the way 2015 was going --just more of the same blurg (technical term) of 2014. A lot of cleaning. A lot of illness. Very little joy. Just...drudgery. I tried to do the 10-Day Detox again and just threw my hands up after day four --and you KNOW I love a good detox. My FULF is really acting up. All gray, cold weather, but no snow. I don't know, I just WASN'T FEELING IT.
We needed some sort of exorcism, because I am NOT doing another year like 2014. And because, as Sri Dharma Mittra says, "How you begin a thing is of great importance." (On the actual New Year's Eve, the City of Austin canceled all the fireworks and other activities due to a threat of inclement weather. It ended up just raining a little. I went to bed at 10:00. That's a pretty "meh" beginning to a year right there.)
My family...gosh I just love my kids. I said, "We are having a do-over for New Year's." And they said, "Okay. Sounds good." No drama. No, "Oh, Moootherrrrrr."
So, I cleaned the house, and then we made a nice dinner and all sat down and discussed our dreams and hopes for the New Year. We talked about what we liked best from the last year.
Then we went outside and lit sparklers and shouted, "Happy New Year!"
Monday, January 12, the official first day of 2015 (Reprise) was such a fun day! Yes, it was school and work, but everyone had such a good day! The girls were bubbling over with funny stories from school, Coop took his cousin to watch a Cyclocross competition, and I taught two inspired yoga classes and did no laundry. (My friend Cheryl says that her grandmother had a superstition that if you do laundry on New Year's Day, you wash away your prosperity for the New Year. I am SO down with that.)
And now, instead of implementing sweeping changes and rebooting my entire life, I am making tiny, consistent efforts on a number of fronts. More about that in my next post.
Happy New Year, whenever you celebrate!
(Some people asked if I haven't done this before and yes, it's true, I have a history of just making up my own timeline of events. July, 2006 seemed like prime time for a reboot and May, 2011 seemed like a good time to celebrate the New Year. I believe in starting over when you need to, symbolically or otherwise.)
I wasn't happy with the way 2015 was going --just more of the same blurg (technical term) of 2014. A lot of cleaning. A lot of illness. Very little joy. Just...drudgery. I tried to do the 10-Day Detox again and just threw my hands up after day four --and you KNOW I love a good detox. My FULF is really acting up. All gray, cold weather, but no snow. I don't know, I just WASN'T FEELING IT.
We needed some sort of exorcism, because I am NOT doing another year like 2014. And because, as Sri Dharma Mittra says, "How you begin a thing is of great importance." (On the actual New Year's Eve, the City of Austin canceled all the fireworks and other activities due to a threat of inclement weather. It ended up just raining a little. I went to bed at 10:00. That's a pretty "meh" beginning to a year right there.)
My family...gosh I just love my kids. I said, "We are having a do-over for New Year's." And they said, "Okay. Sounds good." No drama. No, "Oh, Moootherrrrrr."
So, I cleaned the house, and then we made a nice dinner and all sat down and discussed our dreams and hopes for the New Year. We talked about what we liked best from the last year.
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| Coop's cousin is visiting from Cuba. She may indeed have thought I was crazy, but she played right along and got to light her first sparklers. |
Then we went outside and lit sparklers and shouted, "Happy New Year!"
Monday, January 12, the official first day of 2015 (Reprise) was such a fun day! Yes, it was school and work, but everyone had such a good day! The girls were bubbling over with funny stories from school, Coop took his cousin to watch a Cyclocross competition, and I taught two inspired yoga classes and did no laundry. (My friend Cheryl says that her grandmother had a superstition that if you do laundry on New Year's Day, you wash away your prosperity for the New Year. I am SO down with that.)
And now, instead of implementing sweeping changes and rebooting my entire life, I am making tiny, consistent efforts on a number of fronts. More about that in my next post.
Happy New Year, whenever you celebrate!
(Some people asked if I haven't done this before and yes, it's true, I have a history of just making up my own timeline of events. July, 2006 seemed like prime time for a reboot and May, 2011 seemed like a good time to celebrate the New Year. I believe in starting over when you need to, symbolically or otherwise.)
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In fact, there are times when I think rebooting my whole life would be a good idea. Maybe that's what reincarnation is. Whether or not reincarnation really really happens, it should.
I'd do much better next time around. First of all, I'd love myself more and stop feeling that I don't deserve some of the good things this life has offered me. Next time around, I'm going for the Gold Ring!
I don't know if I've told you that my podiatrist got a huge kick out of the term FULF or in my case FURF. I may have stolen that little gem from you too. :)
Thank you again for the awesome cookbook. I just love it!