Christmas has come and gone.

But we still have New Years Eve to look forward to. :-)

How crazy is this? You spend all this time looking for the best gift, the best Christmas tree – even decorating it – wrapping up gifts, for it to be all done within minutes in one day. LOL!! But the look on everyone’s face after they have opened their gift is probably my best gift. And it is all gone until next year. And we go through the same steps every single year. The only reminder of the holidays are the bags of wrapping paper and the empty boxes of toys, clothes or whatever were inside that have been now broken free.

That’s okay… A new year will soon be upon us and we will be able to go through all the wonderful things from throughout the year. So the new year is like a reminder of a lot of the things that we just went through this year but also a way of growing into other things in life. Like becoming a better person over-all, learning about new things in life (or about someone/something)… creating new memories… starting a new/healthier habit.

A new year is all about growth and you have to embrace the growth that is coming towards you because if you don’t, you’ll never learn what you are capable of doing or learning. You have to test your limits and surpass them so that you can feel better about yourself. You have to dream BIG so that you can dive into life and achieve those dreams.

I know that I have said this time and time again… but it’s time that land on my feet and stop talking about it and do something about it. It’s like they say… Sh!t or get off the pot! And it about that time that I got off the pot and do something about it.

Things have been rough for me this year… I’ve learned a lot about myself but I have also lost myself at the same time. 

I have come full circle on things that I should have seen a long time ago – I apologize for not doing it earlier – and I know that with a new year upon us, I will realize a lot of my dreams and aspiration that I have set for myself and my family. I have been taken to the brink and have been able to come back… I lost it but felt good that I did because I was able to regain the strength that I thought that I had lost.

It has been a long and bumpy road but without those bumps in the road, I don’t think that I would have been able to realize my potential and how much strength I really have. I have realized this year that I have more strength that I give myself credit for.

And trying is something that I will continue to do so that I can complete the things that I want to do in my life. The more that I try to do, the more I will experience, the more I will learn and the stronger I will become.

Sometimes you have to go with your gut feelings on things because those feelings are the ones that will steer you into the right direction that you have to take in life. And those feelings are the ones that I should be listening to more often, especially when it comes to my health and going to the gym.

Last night was the first class of Zumba that I had taken in a very long time. I couldn't believe how much of the moves I remembered from this particular instructors class and how much she kicked my @$$ at the same time but I enjoyed that much needed class. I cannot wait to get back into her class next week; I have already added her class on my calendar as a reminder. I forgot how much going to the gym and taking a Zumba class can make me feel empowered.

I have been looking for weight training workouts and thankfully I found a few that will help me strengthen my core. I can’t wait to start those because I REALLY need to strengthen my core (abs) and at the same time that I am strengthening my core, I should be able to strengthen my arms, back and chest.

Strengthening myself is something that will help me with other things that I have to do in my life.

Little by little, things will fall into place for me and I will see a different woman staring back at me from the mirror because I certainly did not like the one that was staring at me from the mirror at the gym last night. But I know that I am the only person that can look at myself and change. I am the only one that has to make this change for myself.

Only you (as in ME) have the energy to change what you don’t like. And if that is the challenge for next year, then by golly (yes, I said GOLLY! LOL!!), I accept this challenge for myself.

As much as I really don’t like the singer Rhianna, I have to steal a like from one of her songs. I want to SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND! And in order to get there, I have to do whatever it takes.

I have a lot of goals that I have sent for myself for this upcoming new year and I plan on crossing out each and every one of those goals to be able to reflect on my life this time next year and see how far I have come. The plan is to be in a better place this time next year and nothing is going to stop me from getting there.

So with that, I will end this entry here.

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