OK, so I have a few times each year that I get rejuvenated and re-energized. One is in the fall when the kids go back to school. I clean and organize -- I used to love getting ready for school.
A second is the first of the year, after all the holiday hustle and bustle and decorations and craziness. When the decorations have started to close in on me, I know it's time to dismantle, clean and clean out. You know it's bad when your daughter comes into the living room minus decor and tree and says, "Wow, this room is huge!" And it's bare. But that's ok for a while because it is clean and uncluttered and it looks easy -- easy to maintain, an easier lifestyle, a focus on what's important.
Which leads me here -- after a very dear family member jolted me with a new year's resolution that I should get back to blogging. My last post was in July after Lauren returned from Scotland. I hadn't really missed this, but now that I'm furiously typing, I think I did.
Back to the focus on what's important. I just opened an email from one of the kids' high school teachers I still keep in touch with and it was the 2010 Handbook. No surprises. No earth shattering thoughts. But it is back to the basics and I loved it.
So I will begin 2010 with sharing a few of the Handbook "entries" each time I write -- I think they are all worthy of some time for processing and digestion, and contemplation. And so, I challenge you all to adopt some of these guidelines to make your new year one of the best.
On Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
Not ground shaking, are they? Simple. Easy to remember. Easy to follow. I'm going to try.
