New Year

Can you believe it's actually 2011?!?!

Here's what I can't believe. I am sitting in a hotel in Brooklyn, NY. writing this blog! Never in a million years would I have thought I would be in NYC just enjoying it. This town looks a lot different when you aren't here for work or for school trips. I actually feel like an adult. Well, if I must say, a tourist. HA!

I remember graduating from high school back in 2001 and thinking 2011 will never get here. And, well now....here we are 10 years later, January 1st, 2011. Later on this year, I'll be going to my 10 year High School reunion; even though I feel like we've caught up thanks to Mark Zuckerberg and a little website called Facebook.

Well for some a new year is a fresh start to do things right. Others a point in life where they can re-commit to their goals from years past. Well if you are like me it's another day/year to keep truckin and make it better than the last year. What can I say? I am my father's child. You can blame him for some of my realists ways.

Now I know today is the day that we sit down and come up with resolutions for 2011. What are we committing to change or do in these next 364 days. That's great!!! But why is it by mid March to late August we put those resolutions on the back burner? Life just gets to be too much, right? I challenge you to set some goals for yourself; realistic ones. If you want to lose 100lbs this year, commit to a workout routine and diet that can become a lifestyle. Or if you want to make a difference in your community, start with volunteering with a soup kitchen, local church, or homeless shelter. Looking to go back to school for something you've always wanted to learn or better your opportunities, call me and I help you out. (LOL, can you blame a woman for trying?)

Whatever you decide is important for you to accomplish in 2011, I challenge you to increase your faith just a little, step out of what is comfortable, and see what happens. You might surprise yourself! Just don't try and do it all in one month.

I don't really know what 2011 will hold for me. I know this, big things are coming my way. This year I have one goal and one goal only. Wanna hear/read about it? I am not going to awaken love until it so desires. And when I do I find it or it finds me--whatever works in that last sentence--I am not going to run away from it. 2010 taught me one thing, I deserve to be happy; and in 2011 I choose to embrace it.

Happy New Year, my little readers!! More to come this year I promise