New years resolution

Be the change you want to see in the world --Ghandi

Saturday morning. My sinuses are crazy with allergies and I sniffle contentedly above my steaming green tea. My chocolate rice cake was covered with peanut butter and honey and now rests happily in my tummy. 10:00 and the munchkin still sleeps! I can't remember the last time that happened. There is a bananna staring at me from my makeshift side table, it tells me it wants to join the rice cake, but if I'm going to run this morning it will have to wait until later.

I love simple moments.

moving on. . . I am not normally the new years resolution type. I figure that if you're going to do something just do it. Why wait until the new year? My daughter will be turning 3 this Febuary and I am back in school full time, guess this has changed things a bit. Last year flew by! As I look back and see habits I have formed I see there are some changes I would like to make. I think I might like this new year resolution thing, at least this year . ..

1) First thing, take it easy on myself. So maybe I've always been a perfectionist and I never realized it, or maybe I've just gotten a little more extreme, either way--IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO BE PERFECT. I am very understanding for others, I need to learn to be that way with myself. As a student of ahimsa I need to stop beating up myself. Its ok, girl, be imperfect, do your best and accept--no, be thankful for your humanity
whew, that was a big one

2) I am definately going to start running races this year, not just by myself. I'm running my first 5K in April and we'll see where it goes from there

3) Permission to have fun as an individual adult and not feel guilty about it. I have fun with Phoenix, but sometimes I need to be someone other than mom. If I do take the time generally I feel a little guilty, thinking "how irresponsible! there is so much I could have gotten done with that time" permission granted
ooh, the monkey is up, gotta go snuggle