That time of year has arrived yet again, the “New year, new me”… I love this and hate this all at the same time. I love seeing people motivated and ready to grab ahold of their lives and make adjustments to enrich themselves. I hate that it lasts about .235634 seconds and then everything is back to the usual complaining and entitlement. I understand that we get caught up, but come on, not 2 days into the new year.
Instead of making unrealistic New Years resolutions why don’t we start making life changes…Oh, and lets keep it really, really simple. You don’t like the way you look? Get up and move and make smarter/smaller food choices. You want to be more organized? Slow down… There is absolutely nothing in this life that can’t be accomplished if you truly want it to get done. You want to be happy? Do what makes YOU happy and forget what everyone else is TELLING you that is going to make you happy.
This sounds really silly but I feel like we have lost the idea of simplicity in our everyday lives, we think more = better. More time, more money, more, more, more. When we moved to Japan our life got brought down about 10 levels…. I went from driving a fully loaded F150 to a 13 year old Honda Mobilio, We went from a new, large house to a quadplex, I went from having every single station that satellite could offer to not even having ABC… and ready for the kicker? I don’t miss it. Life here is simple. We all drive old cars so there is no silent competition on who’s is the best. We all have the exact same small quadplex that houses our families perfectly fine. And as much as I miss sitting down open mouthed watching the latest housewives drama, its been kinda nice not being glued to the TV. Im not saying the nice things aren’t ok to have (trust me, we all have our vices), but I am saying there is something in “simple” that has brought a light and happiness to my world.
Do what makes you happy. You wanna be an underwater basket weaver? Do it. You wanna wear white after Labor Day? Do it. You wanna be president (it’s possible now…)? Do it. We were all told as kids “The sky is the limit” and for whatever reason at the ripe age of 28 I’m finding that to be truer then true. I control my life. I control my happiness. I have found that no one person, or thing, completes me…I complete me. I sound like a self help info-mercial but I mean it. Stop complaining, and making EXCUSES (yes, making a reason to justify not doing something is called an EXCUSE) and do. There are 24 hours in a day, that is a lot of time to accomplish things.
In 2017 I will be a better wife, I will be a more patient mom, I will be a strong friend, I will start facing irrational fears that I have created in my own mind, I will pray more, I will continue to better my health, I will give myself a break and not feel guilty about it, I will be more understanding to things I don’t necessarily understand, I will grow. Im not making these as “hopes for what I will do in the future”, I making these a goals I WILL accomplish in making my life feel more leveled out and fulfilled. Your never to busy to invest in yourself, when your happy it’s like a domino effect how it falls onto everyone else around you.
2017, Im coming for you, you sexy beast. Let’s make this our best year yet.
Inspire.Believe. Succeed.
-Kinzy
Mom. Wife. Military Life. 
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