New Year , New You ?

And so here we are january 12th 2020. We are all going to be so new, so determined, so positive, so gung ho. We are going to change the world, we are going to just make this our year.

Yes we are all feeling compeled to make all those big promises to ourselves as follows:

I am going to loose 4 stone this year and be so amazing for the xmas office party.

I am going to walk 5 miles every day and my work collegues will be so impressed with me.

I am going to go to the gym 5 times a week , bust my butt and get my high after nearly sweating to death.

I am going to do the Keto diet / maybe go vegan ? I love mushrooms.

I am going to buy 45 tupperware containers for the fab food , made in bulk , pre prepared meals for the freezer.

I will get the new trainers . new very loose gym top , and ten pairs of new sports socks.

My god this time next year I will be ready for Love Island.

And so it goes , millions of people , its a universal thing, and when that bell rings..here is to a new me !! Pressure , self inflicted, plans to be fitter, happier, skinnier, fatter, healthier, change job, or just be more successful than the person sitting next to you.

And that was how the new year was for me, making rediculous promises , and stupidly thinking I would achive them all. Fool I was.

Then one year you end up thinking what is this really about, maybe just make a promise to slow down, read a book, have a swim, sit and close your eyes on a beach and listen to the Ocean.

Believe me a swim in the ocean is better than any high powered fancy pance meeting.

And here I sit , trying to write something, anything, to just I suppose say ….In all that I wish for , there will never be a new me , there will never be a new you. When we buy a new car we get rid of the old one, send it to a junk place and have it squashed into a million pieces.

When we buy a new top, its new, never worn by us before, all fresh and lovely. When its a new day, the day before is gone. You can never relive yesterday.

So why do we want a new me? Do we all dislike ourselves so much that we want a new version – Stepford Wife Style- perfection , submission , just like everybody else.

I don’t know , I am like so many more others..New Year , New Me. Why do I want a new me. Well I dont really want a new me I just want to tweek a few things. I had goals set long before the New Year , still the same goals. Slow to start but getting there. You see my goal is not a new me but a new Boob. Yes a new boob, and the other boob getting help to be back where it belongs. But to do this I need to achieve a few goals, get fitter, reduce BMI and hopefully, eventually , job done and ill be in the Bikini in Barbados, or even Ballymacaw.

So I have thought about this and I keep coming back to the same thing. Instead of all those big promises to change your world just start at the beginning and be happy!!

Be happy in your world , in your life, in your body. Dont compare yourself to others, you are you. Wake up, get up and say thank you for another day. If its sunny step outside and feel the sun, if its stormy light the fire and snuggle up. Yes read a book, any book, once it makes you smile it does not matter who the author is.

Just smile, live your life as best you can because believe me if you are happy all the rest will follow.

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