2010. Wow. I cannot believe it is another decade gone by. I have been reflecting a bit today on what has happened over the last decade, not to mention just the last year. It is A LOT. It has not all been peaches, really. I don't talk a lot about the bad experiences on this blog, I mostly save that for my private journal, for many reasons. I know other people are able to be very open, and I was more so at one time, but I am just not that brave anymore. I admire the people that are, and especially the ones that have the ability to just write in such a way that cracks me the heck up while they talk about their lives, but I blog differently and hope that other people can respect me for that, as I respect them for their blog style. Now, having said that, I want to talk about the prospect of a new year. I always have such high hopes for what is considered a "fresh start". Again, I have them for 2010.
Ali Edwards is a scrapbooker/storyteller that I have admired for forever and a day, and she is the one whose philosophy regarding my pictures and scrapbooking I try to live by the most. Every year for a while now, she has picked "One Little Word" as a sort of mantra to live by for that year. Some of my friends on Facebook were talking about their word and I thought about it at length. The one thing I dislike about myself, (remember #7 and #13 from this post??) I procrastinate A LOT, and then when I do start things, I have a super hard time finishing them. Not always, but much of the time! I have so many unfinished projects, and so many ideas that I haven't even begun to make a reality yet. So when the girls were talking about their word, I wanted to know the word that was the complete opposite of "procrastinate". I still am not sure there even is one officially, but I have picked my word. I am really excited about it. I think it is the closest thing to what I am trying to live by for this year. Commit. One word. One simple little word that has such a HUGE meaning for me. It can mean so very much to so many, but to me, it mainly means I will make a decision to do something and I will commit to following through and doing it. This can relate to my crafting, organizing my house, calling someone I haven't called in a while. I feel like it is a biggie, but it can, and must be lived for this year. Big year=big word.
I love this picture of me and my mom taken just the other day. I have already made a big commitment to spend more time with her. It is important to me and I know she wants that too!
Hello 2010. I am making a commitment to you to make this a good one!
