It's going to be Heaven, in 2011!

I did it, I survived 2010! I had big hopes that 2010 was going to be a good year for me, but I was sadly disappointed. Good riddance! Time to move on to bigger and better things. I’ve been trying to figure out what my New Years resolution is going to be. I’m not a big believer in resolutions as I feel they only line you up to be disappointed when you don’t accomplish them, however I have come up with a list of things I want to work on…

I want and more importantly NEED to be nicer to myself. Truth is, I don’t really like myself a majority of the time. I tend to poke fun at my flaws, a lot, and it needs to stop. Sometimes it’s hard to look in mirror and be completely honest with yourself. I don’t like what I see, but it doesn’t do me any good to constantly put myself down due to my shortcomings. Instead, I am going to try my best to embrace them and learn to love me, for me, just as I am.

I want to learn the power of “No.” I am a people pleaser in every sense of the word. When someone asks something of me, I always say yes, even when I want to or should say no. This year, I am going to be selfish, when I need to be and learn the power of no!

I say this every year, but this year I am going to mean it. I WILL BE TAKING AN ACTUAL VACATION!!!!!!!!!!! Can I afford to? Probably not, but I also can’t afford not to, either. I’m thinking about going someplace right after Christmas-New Years Day 2011. Someplace warm, and most likely by myself unless someone wants to join me.

I’m going to TRY and not work as much. I have been working so hard to pay off some debt, and managed to pay off a HUGE Bank of America line of credit last year! PRAISE JESUS! Even so, I STILL have debt that I am trying to take care, little by little it is going down, but that doesn’t mean I need to work myself so hard. Life is for living, right? I’m going to try and live a little bit more vs. feeling like I’m a slave to it.

Last but not least, I’m going to keep looking forward, and not look back. There ARE good things in my future, I just know it. I’m ready, I’m so so ready. So BRING IT ON, 2011! This will be a great year!