I love having my birthday at the beginning of the year
because all my intentions for the coming year coincide with my new life year.
And I think that no year will make this more evident than this year. Because my
overall intention for this year is to make that drastic change…to take my life
back…to take my power back.
As I was just saying to my husband, we are pretty much at rock bottom now, so there really is only one way to go...UP!
Many things already began in the previous year, taking me in
that direction, so all I need do is remain consistent and follow the direction.
Shortly after returning from my sister’s funeral in Nigeria
early last year, I made up my mind to stop straightening my hair. I had not yet
been officially diagnosed with Psoriasis, but it was definitely already there.
My scalp was constantly sore and flaky and whenever I got my perm retouched my
scalp got badly burned and the burns were getting worse and taking longer to
heal with every perm. It had to end and I did not retouch my hair and am glad
to say that I am now one year and two months natural.
It is much easier than I thought it would be. I just blow
dry after washing and then flat iron it to style it. My scalp is being treated for the Psoriasis.
It is still dry, but no longer sore and I no longer torture it with harmful
chemicals.
As I had mentioned before, I was reassigned to another team
at work. At first, I felt really hurt and upset, but as time goes on, I can see
that this is the best thing for me. My work had been taking a toll on me. And I
did not know how to stop it. I took on more and more and was truly on the verge
of breaking down physically and mentally.
With my new position, I am not allowed to take work home
unless a specific project warrants it. After 4:30pm, my time is mine. After two
years of non-stop working, this is a whole new world for me. It’s been three
weeks and I barely know what to do with myself. I wake up on weekend mornings
and ponder “what should I do now?”
This is great for me, because not only am I already feeling
more relaxed, but I can actually start doing things for me again. I will work
out again, I will read again and look-a-here…I am writing again J
So for starters, here are a couple of goals I have set for
myself for this New Year:
1) Take control of my eating and working out habits
again. Aim to reach some ideal weight by the end of the year. Tomorrow I shall
weigh myself for my accurate “before” and then we shall go from there. Will
report in tomorrow.
2) Finish writing the novel I started last year. In
the middle of the year, it got so busy, I could not keep up. I could not find
nor create any time to even think of what to write talk less of actually
writing it.
I think these are two great goals to start out with, so I
will leave it at that for now. There are more in store, but I will add them and explain them fully as I write on.
In the meantime, it’s been an awesome birthday for me today.
My kids made me the cutest cards and stuck them up on the wall by the front
door so that I would see them as soon as I walked in when I came home from the
movie my husband treated me to. Which, by the way, was an awesome piece of work.
“Silver Linings Playbook” – Totally Worth Seeing!!! I am loving Bradley Cooper
right now. But not just him, it was an amazing ensemble. And Jennifer Lawrence
just won the SAG award for her part in this film tonight.
Do you suppose it is just a coincidence that the SAGs were
on my birthday this year?
Or is it a sign? J
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