Insert overly optimistic title about 2014/New Year's Resolutions here...

Oh the New Year... promise of new beginnings, fresh starts and resolutions that will make everything go perfect this time around.  Or will it only last for a few sweet weeks before it all comes crashing down and you realize this is still your life.... nothing has drastically changed, your willpower is probably exactly where it was December 31st, 2013 and it takes more than a month to lose all that weight you've put on in 2013 and the many years before it.

Don't get me wrong - I'm not actually trying to be negative or pessimistic... for once in my life I'm trying to be a realist.  Does January 1st of any year magically make us different people?  Every year I sit down and I make a list... *be more spiritual *read more *eat healthier *lose at least 50 pounds *be more active in nature *be more patient... yadda, yadda, yadda.  And every time I don't hit those goals... it could take me a month to realize it, it may take me 6 but when I realize it's not going to happen I'm destroyed.  I give myself some insane list of goals that no one can reach in a year and then I beat myself up for it when it doesn't happen.  Sounds like insanity doesn't it?  IT IS!

So this year I've taken a much more laid back approach to the New Year.  My main goal is to get healthy.  That doesn't mean lose weight, it doesn't mean be a size 6, it doesn't mean eat only salads until I throw up.  It means I want to feel mentally and physically healthy.  Now being Bipolar the whole mentally healthy thing isn't always easy - but I'm getting there.  I've been working with a wonderful Dr. who has gotten almost all the kinks worked out of my "Bipolar Medication Cocktail" and I'm feeling more stable then I have in probably the last 10 years. 

Now for the physically healthy part.... I've kinda gotten addicted to running... even if my running is more like jogging to most people I'm addicted.  So my main goal for that is to complete a half marathon in 2014 (or 13.1 miles)!  I've got a training program all picked out and I've started it and as long as there are no Bipolar dips in my near future I should be able to stick to it!  I'm super excited!

I don't think those goals are asking for too much... and these are NOT goals that I picked out as New Year's Resolutions... they are goals I've had for a couple months now (at least) that just happen to fall in 2014 :)