Birthday Aspirations: Goals for my Thirty-Fifth Year
It's my birthday and I've come up with some things I will aspire to in my 35th year.
The last few years I was pretty stagnant in the whole goal department. My biggest goal was to simply survive my husband's two year tour overseas. Now that my family is once again together I feel much more at peace, and in a way I feel like I've experienced a rebirth. It's like I've been a shadow of myself these last two years and the Nicole I know and love is finally coming back into the light.These last few months have brought fourth many new changes and challenges and I want to take advantage of all the opportunities and experiences that will come my way, but I've also set fourth a few goals for myself for my 35th year.
- Write every day. I've gotten out of the habit of writing daily. This is a travesty I will eliminate completely this year.
- I want to achieve the goal of self publishing something -my goal right now is a short story -but that could turn into a novella if all goes well.
- I have wanted to try Yoga for years. This year I will begin exploring yoga. I think it will really help me to focus and calm down a bit in certain aspects of my life where I tend to be "high-strung".
- I want to learn a new skill. I'm leaning towards the Piano.
- I am an incredibly shy person. As an adult I had to force myself to be outgoing and I've found that my shyness is rearing its head in a HUGE way. I need to put myself out there and really make some new friends.
- Finally, I plan on volunteering some of my time. I've already made arrangements to be a Sunday school teacher in the Fall and I think that will be a great avenue for me.
love & birthday candles,nicole
The Birthday Girl’s Reflection
On Sunday I turned...thirty-one. It has become a tradition of sorts for me to write a birthday reflection post. I've done so for the last couple of years, I like doing it... so don't expect me to stop.
This year I decided to do something different.
On the afternoon of the thirty-first year of my birth I was sitting in my car mini-van with my two boys waiting for my husband to lock up the house. We were going out to dinner to celebrate my birthday. (I totally got carded at the restaurant BTW!) My son was doing something cute so I snapped a few pics. Then snapped a few more of me. The visor's mirror was down and I started to think about my birthday post... and as I looked at the girl woman in the mirror I reflected on what I saw and how I've changed from the young woman of 21 to now. That twenty-one year old is still here in many respects, she's just a whole heck of a lot wiser. I was very happy with the person I saw in the mirror as her regrets are few and she's perfectly pleased with where she is in life.
Me at 31. What's important to me: My marriage, my children, writing, family, friends.... being fabulous.
Me at 21. What was important to her: family, friends, being fabulous, Phi Mu, having an expertly crafted manicure.
Oh, and apparently we have the same taste in hairstyles.... and if this happens to be the first post of mine that you've read... no I haven't had the same hairstyle for ten years... that would be decidedly un-fabulous!