Bigger and Smaller

  I have come to the conclusion that nearly all New Year's resolutions boil down to two things: 

making our outsides smaller and our insides bigger.  

  The fire in me makes for an ambitious goal setter -- high ideals, lofty goals.   The perfectionist in me gets sorely disappointed in myself if I don't live up to my expectations.  Those two things don't work well together.  It leads right to trouble. I have grand plans and huge ideas but I frustrate myself to no end not being able to pull them all off.. Mental constipation.  Creative constipation.  Blog posts like this one kill me.  That's me, spinning spinning spinning.

With that in mind I have approached goals for this new year differently.  I have tried to package them up into  small words to focus on.  Try to do something that will fall into those word categories daily/weekly/monthly.

move.

(2009 -a family 5K we ran in)

create.

(My sister and I sorting through my Grandmother's button jar in Idaho-yes, we took all of the colored buttons)

listen.

love.

It sounds loftier this way, too general huh?  I am excited to see how I can interpret and implement these words into my life.  Just a new way to look at things this year.  Specific goals are in the works.

And hopefully I will be bigger and smaller in all the right ways.

We have had a wonderful holiday vacation.  Can't wait to share the details with you soon.