Wow, it has been a LONG time since I have blogged! Life has been, well, CRAZY, to put it shortly and that is what I am reflecting on today. 2018 was the most stressful year I have had, EVER! . My own strengths are my own weaknesses. I have a work ethic that doesn't allow me to just "leave it for tomorrow", I am devoted to my job, the company I work for, the team I work on and my clients. This unfortunately means that everything else in my life suffered more so than usual during the busy season, which started months early this year. 70 hour work weeks started in June. This means I was going in early, working through lunch, staying late and working weekends. I then started traveling at the end of October and did so through the first week in December, exhausted is an understatement to describe it all. My health - emotionally, mentally, and physically has suffered, my marriage has suffered, and relationships with family and friends have suffered. I will not survive another year of putting myself and my nonwork relationships last. My marriage won't last another year of that either. I gave everything in me to work which left nothing to give at home but irritation, exhaustion, and more anger than I would like to admit. I do LOVE my job and the people I work with and for but I assure they will all agree that balance is so important to keep us giving our best during our working hours and still having something left to give ourselves and loved ones as well. I cannot pour from an empty cup and neither can you. Challenge yourself to fill your cup in 2019 so you have more to give where it will matter most.
My number one task looking ahead to 2019 is a work life balance. The list below gives everything I know I need to work on looking back over 2018 and ahead to 2019, work life balance will help greatly in all of those categories.
In 2019 I will:
- Put my health back at the top of the list as this is what allows me to be in the best not only physical shape but emotional and mental shape as well.
- Eat better
- Bye bye Dr. Pepper <insert tears>
- I will cook more and eat out less
- I will cure myself of this sugar addiction
- One cheat meal a week
- Only one coffee shop coffee per month
- Give 100% during every workout
- No weekday adult beverages
- I will take a lunch every day and walk or run during that lunch break
- I will spend quality time with my husband, daily!
- We will camp/kayak/hike/boat more
- We will take a real vacation
- We will save money for Iceland 2020
- I will be on social media less often
- I will spend time with family and friends
- I will remove negative people and situations from my life
- I will get everything back in organized state to keep the stress down with simple daily tasks
- I will NOT be on my phone once I get home from work
- Sundays will be a full blown phone free day
I know everyone gets sick of all the New Year's resolutions, New Year New Me BS but you know what? We all should work every single day to be the best version of ourselves that we can be. Putting it out into the universe helps us want to work towards them more and your biggest cheerleaders/accountability partners/those who really care will be checking on you and or reminding you why you said you were going to do those things differently! So get them out there! Get to working on them! I am officially on day 6 of Dr. Pepper free already! I already have our first camping trip of 2019 on the calendar for the week after next! What are your goals? How will you reach them? Get them out in the universe!
Until next time,
Stay fit my friends!
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