A new perspective

We are now in 2012!
Wahoo!
Way to go. Out with the old. In with the new.
Sometimes in order to move forward, you have to take a peek back at the past. Make sure you don't make the same mistakes.

As we've been heading into the new year, I've been waiting for this new year to just be eye catching, glittery and sparkly.
It hit me on day 2 of this new year. If you want things to change, you first have to make changes within yourself. Its so hard!

That thought really rang true with me this morning. Ava and I broke out her new DVD of Tinkerbell. While it was a cute story besides the attitude of the characters sometimes acted like spoiled brats; it got me thinking. The entire moral of the story is to find what you do best. Be happy with your talents, even if you aren't happy with what you do, you can still go above and beyond the call of duty with the talents that God has given.

I've been thinking about this all day. Sometimes I feel like I need to do more. I need to do something big and out there. I need to help others, I need to go above and beyond, then of course, oh I can do this and that and the other thing.
Well maybe I was only destine for one thing. Maybe I need to focus on one thing and go with that.

I have tried other things, painting (started in November, it is now January and the bathroom is only 1/4 painted), I got one page done on Ava's scrapbook. I have been keeping up with Ava's notebook from her school. I was up to date in Ava's journal (at least until November). I also get all these crazy ideas that I can cook, it turns out 50/50 of the time. I am notorious for starting something but not finishing it. I get overly excited with new ideas but either don't follow through.

This year my motto is: take one day at a time and go slower. Enjoy all the time I've got with my family.
Motivation is my key word for 2012. Some days its hard for me to get out of bed (but that might be because I'm so tired all the time). So Motivation is a good place to start I think.
Go slow. Take take to enjoy all the little things. Don't get frustrated so quickly. Learn to do one thing at a time instead of overburdening myself with 20 projects.