I am sitting in my daughter’s London flat looking out and waiting for the sun to rise, a sprinkling of snow on the ground. It’s 1st January 2010 and another decade begins… It is the time when we all start to think of the year/decade that has just passed and wonder about what is to come. The resolutions most of us feel obliged to think about or make for ourselves have been running around in my head for the last few weeks…
I am turning 50 this year and I cannot believe where all the time has gone… but when I look back I see a lot has happened, been experienced, ups, downs and my children have now grown to adults – amazing! We have come to London for a northern hemisphere Christmas with my daughter and her 3 flatmates and it has been so much fun hearing them talk and natter about their plans, what to wear for New Years eve, who to meet where and what to wear?
On another level we have all been talking about our plans for 2010 – it is going to be a year of new beginnings and plans and directions yet to unfold for all of us – both younger and older girls (and the boys too). 2009 was a year of change for me and rather than have a resolution I decided I needed a mantra for myself as 2008 was a crap year and I found myself in a rut that I didn’t much care for. So my mantra became “I do care and I will have no fear”.
So, that meant caring about what happens to me and having no FEAR about trying anything new, stepping out, taking up new challenges etc etc. Looking back I loved 2009 – it was a great year, I tried lots of new things, met different people, shook myself up a few times and learnt more than I had a for what feels a long time. It was a great year to end a decade on and made me brave enough to leave my job in December to take up ‘who knows what (or where)’…
So the plans are forming, it is exciting and sort of terrifying all at the same time and I know I am going to attempt to do way more than I can achieve BUT I’d rather be like that than have nothing in play… AND as the mantra thing worked a lot better for me than having a new resolution in 2009 I have decided the mantra for 2010 is going to be “ENERGY” as I am going to need it in all shapes and forms to achieve these plans and goals I have for myself….
Happy New Year everyone and hope your hopes and plans for 2010 come true!
