Feeling Good Friday-Rereading Blog Post Editions

I was a bit of a whiny wreck last spring. I was bored with my job, feeling under valued, like I made bad choices. I was unhappy with my weight, unhappy with my clutter-mind and home. What a pill! Thanks for sticking with me. No more of that in 2018. If I want to get healthier, it is up to me. If I want a cleaner, more organized, home of respite, that too is down to me. For bloggers that share a lot of their personal life, including the bad and boring, looking back can be sobering. I have a couple bloggers I read, and it would be interesting to know if they ever read past posts, reflect on what was going on, and try to see if they have made progress. Some, and perhaps it is for dramatic emphasis, continue to just perpetuate a revolving door of self induced drama. I still read-like a train wreck or roadside accident that I can't look away from. No one has asked my opinion, so I do not give it. I comment from time to time, but for the most part try to share encouragement to get past their most recent woe or help celebrate if the post might be positive. I can't help wonder why people writing about getting out of debt, feel buying an expensive doo dad is "owed to them", or why someone who obviously has disdain for someone not a relative, willingly and regularly puts themselves in said persons company. Airing dirty laundry in your blog, but doing the same darn things, won't make it any cleaner.

I'm going to try in 2018 to be a glass half full kind of gal. I don't want to turn this blog into a load of crap, but I think it is possible to share difficult times, but do so in a way that is forward thinking and solution orientated. Sometimes, as this last year, it is just plain bad news. Then, I want to reach deep and find the happy, the joy, even if just reflecting on positive momentum I had over the course of the week for my own being. On this first Friday in January, I have much to reflect positively about.

1. I weigh less this January 5th than I did last January 5th. While not what I would have liked when I changed my eating last April and increased exercise, I kept some of the weight off. 
2. My diet coke and coffee consumption have continued to be reduced. I drink pop rarely, and limit my coffee to my morning brew, switching to tea or water the rest of the day. 
3. Unplugging before going to bed has helped me fall asleep, and while I still woke up too early most days this week, I'm at least getting a good five hours of sleep. I know it is not enough, but compared to the 2-3 hours, then hours lying wide awake, before falling back to sleep only to have my alarm go off, I'll take it. 
4. I started using a few of the facial masks that were in my shared Fab, Fit, Fun boxes. I know this is not frugal, but shared with my girls, I feel I'm at least getting the value of the price paid.This harsh January weather is really beating my face up. Even if the results are superficial, I'm happy with even fleeting results of softer, but firmer skin. 
5. I'm not even tempted to spend on a gym membership. I know myself that it would be money wasted. I do though need to put the better rested body to good use and continue my time investment in yoga, strength, and ab mini work outs. Thanks, Wendy in the UK for keeping at your suggestions of yoga. It is time well invested for my posture, my back, and  general muscle tone. Unless a complete RA flair up, a little arthritis pain won't stop me. 

In 2018, as Bridget Jones wrote in her diary,  “Resolution number one: Obviously will lose twenty pounds. Number two: Always put last night's panties in the laundry basket," I will continue to push forward my resolve to be a healthier person in mind, body, and spirit. A little weight behind me and dirty laundry in its place is a great place to begin.