Hello, 2010.

Well everyone, it’s officially New Years Eve. What a year it’s been…but all I can think about is all the new and exciting things that will happen in the coming year. I am about to leave for the mountains, to spend my first New Years Eve away from the television, partying with good people, up at Camp Poyntelle. Although we are gonna freeze our asses off, I think its going to be a complete blast. It’s different from anything I have ever done before for NYE and I can’t wait. Now I am just waiting to get picked up…

Next week is my 26th birthday, not a very special birthday, but it should be fun nonetheless. I have still yet to pick a place to go have some drinks on Saturday night, I have such a hard time choosing! I can’t even begin to think about a restaurant that I would want to go for dinner, there are so many I would like to try these days. Living in NY gets difficult with all the great choices! No matter what I decide, I’m sure it will be a good time.

I’ve been thinking lately if I even have a New Year’s resolution this year…and what I have come up with is this: I am not going to resolve to lose more weight and get healthier, because I think that I already know what I have to do to keep that up. It’s simply a matter of sticking with it. Although I know I will have those bad days, I am sure I will have many more good days to make up for it. So, this year, I think I have decided that I am simply resolving to take care of me, do what’s best for me, and to hopefully make some new changes in my life to improve my mindset. Over the past few months I have started to figure out that I have been neglecting myself and my goals (whatever they may be). In 2010, I plan to get my life on track. I plan to set some short and long term goals, so that I have some sort of direction to head towards. Nothing specific just yet, but I know I will get there.

With that said, I hope you all have a GREAT New Year’s Eve celebration with friends and/or family. Enjoy yourself, and make sure you savor each moment and simply have a good time with the people you love. Be back to reflect in 2010…:-)

Inspiration

After listening to my dad rave and rave for months over this movie, I just finished watching Julie & Julia, finally. And of course, I LOVED it! All I could think about while watching the entire time, was… how could I do something unique like Julie did with her blog, and generate such a following…

I loved her idea, to create a goal for herself, to conquer Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”, all 524 recipes, in under 365 days. Soon after she began, it became her life, and she started to become alive again because for one, her readers were counting on her to push all the way through, and second, she created a purpose in her boring, and sad cubicle life. (She works in a lower Manhattan office that deals with the after effects of 9/11, since the movie takes place a year after in 2002).

She was a writer before she started this blog, although her book was never published. All she needed was a way to start writing again, and for people to hear her voice. The actual cooking became a sidenote, after all. In the end, she even found out that Julia Child herself disliked her blog and she still developed a new sense of self with her accomplishment and renewal on life, nonetheless. All because of a blog.

So, naturally, after watchig this movie tonight, I felt inspired. To write, like she did. Maybe someday I will come up with something novel to write about or explore, develop a following, and become famous. Only time will tell. Does anyone have any ideas for me?

Distractions.

This morning, out of nowhere, it occurred to me that I have been ignoring you. Whoever you are, I like to write my blog posts as if I am talking to someone, or anyone, if you are out there. It’s been almost 2 months now, and I am sorry you have been neglected. The only excuse that comes to mind is what I decided to title this post: Distractions.

Distractions have become the bane of my existence. There are actually many more important things in my life that I have also been ignoring in addition to this blog, but I think writing on here may be a good way for me to start dealing with them.

Don’t get me wrong, my life is far from being “too busy” to do this or that. In fact, I have more free time than I know what to do with. Ironically with all this free time, I still manage to neglect those important things that should be given top priority in my life; say, myself, or more specifically, my “mental state.”

Besides the fact that I went to a therapist at the age of 5 for “oppositional tendencies,” I have never made the conscious decision to seek out therapy on my own in my adult life. That is, until now. It’s nothing serious, don’t worry, but for once in my life, I have come to the conclusion that some problems do not fix themselves, and sometimes I just have to trust that talking to a professional could perhaps make me feel…better.

I’m not going to go into what’s going on in my life that has brought me to therapy, because 1) it would take hours, and 2) it would be a waste of cyberspace. But I will tell you this: For once in my life, I now realize that my personality has been my biggest asset while at the same time being my biggest flaw. How can that be, you say? Let’s just say that I am living inside one big dichotomy. Or maybe that’s not the right word…whatever. My point is, the things about my personality that I have always been proud to scream about, have now become the things that are holding me back from making any changes in my life. With that said, this is where my mind has been lately.

In other news, for the entire month of November (which I neglected to blog at all the entire month), I had the privilege of being a lab-rat for another new diet book coming out around Xmas time, called The O2 Diet, by registered dietician Keri Glassman. It was a nice change, and a great way to try and get my mind back on myself by eating better, exercising more and clearing my head, as much as possible. It also gave me a nice confidence boost with the loss of another 10 lbs give or take, along with loads of new knowledge why eating an antioxidant rich diet helps fight off all the bad things we don’t want : skin aging, disease, insomnia, tiredness, irregularity…the list goes on. You can pre-order it on Amazon to be delivered on its release date of December 22, 2009 here: http://www.amazon.com/O2-Diet-Cutting-Antioxidant-Based-Beautiful/dp/1605295183/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260390566&sr=1-1

Get your mind and body back in gear in 2010!

Then there was Thanksgiving. Oh, the dreaded Thanksgiving. Besides the fact that the amazing food was taunting me after a month of being sooo good, the family drama was inevitable. Lucky for me, my family likes to save up drama all year and let it loose on this one weekend, and this year, I was simply, afraid. With all things considered, I think I did a stellar job. I managed to only pig out one night, worked out almost every day (minus the day I had a tremendous hangover after my Dad’s party), and I did my best to steer clear from as much family drama as possible. Simply put, Thanksgiving this year was all about me and making sure that I took care of myself, had a good time with family and friends, with the least amount of drama as humanly possible. Mission accomplished.

Now, with only a couple weeks left until Xmas, I have to gear up for Drama Part 2, the Xmas holiday break. Yes, lucky for me, I get a week plus vacation from work from Xmas to New Years, just like students do! And just like Thanksgiving, this time of year is the second most drama-filled occasion. Wow, now that I think about it, the entire span of November-January is completely drama-filled! At least I’m not alone, we all know that its not exactly unusual for families to fight during the holiday season, right? I guess for me, this is a new trend since my parents were separated a couple years ago, and boy, I had no idea what I was in for!

So, with all that said, I wish you all luck in the next couple weeks, as long as you wish it back for me, because I am most certainly going to need it! If I get distracted and neglect you once again until after the season is over, I apologize. I will be back in due time, when my head is ready to unload, once again! Try and be on your best behavior and savor the good things, while not overindulging to the point of feeling guilty! And maybe while your at it, pick up Keri’s new book, its a great way to refresh your mind and body, if you need it as much as I do