One day...

One day, I will stop making excuses and live the life I want.
One day, I will stop being afraid and live the life I deserve.
One day, I will love myself enough to do all I want to.
One day, I will rebel against my own behaviours and change them.
One day, I will have the life I've been dreaming of.
One day, I will stop dreaming of my dream life and make it happen.

I don't know when that day will come, but I am ready for it!

What's your word?

Meg gave us a fun quizz to do for the new FOB2Y @ SSD. Here's my result:

Your Word is "Love"

You see life as possibility to form deep connections with a few people. Relationships are the center of your world, and you always take time to bond with those you love. You are caring and giving. You enjoy helping those you love. And when it comes to romantic love, you feel passionately ... even in a very long term relationship.

What's Your Word?

I'm happy with that result, even though the word I secretly chose as my year's theme is PEACE.

A very inspiring quote

"What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?"










Think about it!

Late post...

*yawn* It's 11:00 pm and, once again, here I am, sitting at my desk, still on the computer... Why is it that I can't seem to go to bed even if I know that I need it, even if I keep yawning and I feel tired... Oh, and the other mystery of my life: why OH WHY am I so awkward??? I keep bumping in walls and hurting myself, making things fall and break, forget my stuff everywhere. If anyone has some tips to be more... normal!, I'll take them! TIA!!

Happy new year... still?

Tonight my boss, the mayor, will have a little ceremony to wish all our partners a happy new year. That made me thinking: until when can you (or have you to) wish a happy new year? We still have people everyday coming at the townhall desk and wish us a happy new year. Nice, but 15 times a day... it's getting boring now!! I know you it's commonly admitted that you can wish it until the end of January, but I think I won't stand it until then! LOL

On the other hand, since I took the "it's the New Year, let's make resolution and try to keep those for more than 2 days" challenge, I think it's time to review the goals I posted here:

• Collect all my loved ones' birthdays dates and prepare cards for the first trimester.

DONE for the month of January. I still have to ask Mom for her list (more complete than mine!) and do the 2 next months

• Get back to exercise: work out at least 15 minutes 5 times a week.

HALF DONE so far... Gotta keep working on this!

• Collect informations about the different options I have for my career: classes, exam, etc.

I'll take the opportunity of seeing my friend Lydie this Friday to ask her some advice

• Collect informations about financial management (blogs, books, etc.)

I discovered some good sites... will post those for next "Tips Tuesdays"

• Get back to my routines, think about giving them a twist if necessary.

Morning routine is going pretty good, but I still struggle with the midday and the evening one! I know how useful they are, though, so I will keep working on them!

My goals for 2009... and how to get there

In 2009, I want to

• Be a better person
  
• Be in better health
• Make my career move forward
• Manage my money better
• Be more organised
  

Those are my resolution, but they will remain dreams unless I define them more precisely and turn them into goals... so here we go!

In 2009, I will (notice the subtle difference between my 1st sentence and this one! LOL)

• Thighten my relationship with the ones I love and develop my "internal life" (creativity, personal interests, culture)
• Get to a healthy BMI, that is below 72 kg (158 lbs)
  
• Decide where I want my career to move forward and take at least 2 steps in that direction
• Get educated about finance managing, define a budget, stick to it and adapt it to big changes in my life.
• Create order, beauty and peace in my home and be able to maintain neatness without too much effort
  

Now to get to that point, I need a plan. Setting goals without knowing how to achieve them is like going on a trip into an unknown country without a map: you have great chances to get lost along the way, even if you know where you're going! Since this is a long journey (a year-long one, to be precise), I will break down my plan into manageable, monthly steps.

In january, I will:

• Collect all my loved ones' birthdays dates and prepare cards for the first trimester.
  
• Get back to exercise: work out at least 15 minutes 5 times a week.
• Collect informations about the different options I have for my career: classes, exam, etc.
  
• Collect informations about financial management (blogs, books, etc.)
• Get back to my routines, think about giving them a twist if necessary.

To help me follow this plan, I have created a reminder that I will update every month and post everywhere:
Credits: papers by Victoria Greenlees (Crafty Fall@ chirpi.co.uk), stitching by Chere Kaye (Tristan's Treasures collab @ TDC), "2009" and month alpha by Victoria Greenlees (Delicate Dreams @ chirpi.co.uk), "my goals" stamps by Michelle Coleman (Stamped Alpha freebie), swirls by Christine Smith (Flourish), fonts by Darcy Baldwin (DJB Lorraine Bold and DJB Chloé).

Gratitude...

I've heard so much about being thankful and the power of gratitude, that I really would like to give it a try... ;-)

Let's see... It might be basic, but I'm really thankful to have a good health. Okay, I'm not as healthy as I could, but I can walk, I don't have any disease or disability, and if I manage to treat my body correctly I'm sure it will pay me back with a long and enjoyable life. Thank you, my body, for having been a reliable partner for the last 29 years. Except on very few occasions, you were there when I needed you, you didn't let me down, I could count on you to help me through tough times.













It feels good indeed! LOL

What are you thankful for? Please share and make me happy for you! Have a nice day!