New Years Resolutions - what are yours?

[Corella]

My life has changed so much this past year - healthwise and due to an extremely traumatic and stressful event - emotionally as well.

I have decided to make a few changes for next year - these are:

1. Change my job and do what I want to do - something in media, already completed a small project - so who knows where it might lead?

2. Get healthy, when I can afford it I will reactivate my gym membership and start going again

3. Lost weight - I need to lose 2 stone and I will do it, I have lost 1.5 stone already but need to do more.

4. Get back into my writing, I trained as a journalist in the UK many years ago and love writing but lately I have a sort of brain fog, I can go out and forget to lock the house or like Tuesday, I locked my husband in the house and had no memory of doing it, perhaps it is my age but I dont know if sjogrens makes you forgetful.  Either way, I want to do my writing.

5. Make more of an effort to catch up with my friends, I tend to be tired and sleep a lot so turn down a lot of invites. I am off out with them tomorrow night and it is a bit of a trek but I will force myself to go.

6. Learn about sjogrens and do what I can do to help myself, I have ordered a book to help me understand it a bit more.

7. I see the Rheumy in Feb so I plan to ask him everything I dont understand.

8. Make changes to my house - make a list of what needs doing and when I can afford it, to do it.

9. Pick myself up from the above mentioned trauma, move on from being a victim and take back control from the guy that assaulted me and help other women that have been through similar and stop other women going through similar.

10. Do more photography - I love photography and really need to indulge it more.

11. Start to like myself because at the moment I am annoyed with myself for being feeble and sick.

Merry Christmas everyone - what are your plans for 2012?

[Joe S.]

Wow, are you ambitious!

1. Take life one day at a time and if possible one moment at a time.

2. Survive through another year.

3. Manage my spoons as best as I can.

4. Complete the two projects I started in November.

[Jellyb]

I love your list, I am so imoressed. I used to make jewelry as a hobby then stared selling my pieces at a little shop at the beach by my house and I loved it and a little extra pocket money too. But when my health started to worsen and no energy, I have not wired, fused or strung a bead in 3 years. So I am going to try and set aside some time to freshen my skills and maybe take a class and enjoy my old hobby

[A66eyroad]

I like to learn something completely new each year. Last year, for example, I learned the names of all the countries of Africa. It was harder than it seemed!

This year, I'm going to learn all the military words for letters of the alphabet --- A is for alpha; B is for bravo; C is for Charlie.

Seems simple, but this stuff really helps when I'm watching Jeopardy!

[Corella]

I want to add something to my list and that is to stop worrying.

I was diagnosed with PTSD when my husband was nearly killed in a car crash almost 3 years ago and every so often, the worry of something happening to him creeps up - sounds daft but it does.

Just lately it has reared its ugly head and I am paranoid about it, something my counsellor said is normal as I am going through another trauma of a recent assault.

So if I may add to my list, and that is to learn to change the things I can and stop worrying about stuff I cant change and stop worrying about stuff that hasnt happened yet.

[Pisces24]

Well, just a couple little things for home improvements as I did two big things this year.

1) I am sitting down with a pension advisor and go over all that stuff. Retirement is quite a ways down the road yet but want to get set up better if possible.

2) I bought a nice used IPod so I am going to try to exercise to the music more aka: make the cats think I am nuts gyrating around the house. LOL 

3) Work on taking my vitamins more regularly, flushing sinuses regularly and eating a more balanced regular diet.

4) Getting the area of work I am taking over from a gal retiring on an even keel. Lots of little system updates needed I am finding, etc.

and finally
5) try not to do something that I pay heavily for the next day (easier said than done  ) - like trying too hard shoveling snow, lifting something heavy, etc etc.

[Narablueeyes]

More patience and easier to forgive-not only others but mainly myself.

[arina83]

1 get started on medication
2 make further progress unpacking
3 create a plan to get finished with college in the most expedient manner possible
4 take better care of myself through showing and birthing