Hello 2014!

 Well ok it’s almost hello 2014 — some of you guys might not even read this until 2014! Crazy right?!

So this is the first time I’ve really talked about New Years Resolutions  on here. Why? Because it’s the first year I’ve really thought about them. I used to hate it in school when they’d make you as an assignment right your goals for the year and mine we’re always the same.
1.) Graduate ___ Grade
2.) Place in _____ Music Competition
3.) Get ___ Grade in ____ class for the rest of the year.

They were easy and lame resolutions to say the least. But this year 

I’ve been getting a lot of emails from different places about a “New You in 2014” or “Change _____ about yourself in 2014”. Heck they’re even targeting my different businesses.

Granted there are some serious upgrades coming to POAB in the not to distant future {wouldn’t really call it a “resolution” but more of a Liz is terrible at housekeeping thing!} — but I really wanted to talk to you guys about this whole “New You” thing — for some reason this year it’s bothering me. Why? Because I like me. 

Wow — hello first time I’ve ever said that. I. Like. Me. I don’t want to be changed in 2014, I want to improve on me in 2014.

I want to get better at my uppercuts, kick higher, get better at sprints and I want to stick to the macros I’m setting up for myself and I want to cut my back my coffee to a once – two times week treat {another blog post coming soon about that}.

But what I don’t want to do is change me. I’m a hyper, talk with my hands, love to cook and drink coffee and play video games {hello Skyrim!} sort of girl. In 2014, I still want to be that person, just a sassier, able to kick higher version. 

And with this train of thought today I realized why I’ve always failed at my goals {New Years or just a random one} — I was coming at it from a stand point of “I don’t like me or something about me and it needs to change” instead of “Heyy I am one cool kid! And I just want to get better at something”

So this year, I’m done with the goals that set me up to someway or another fail or not like myself — the whole I’m going to wear a bikini or I’m going to fit into ______ is going right out the window. I’m going for ways to make myself even cooler and happier instead. Thinking about fitting into something or fixating on a certain number on the scale only leads to stress, anxiety and sometimes high levels of crazy!

Ask my husband, he’s had to deal with every phase of me + crazy + my body image — the fact that I looked at him today and said “I Like Me” almost made him fall out of his chair!

So what are my way awesome goals this year?

• Stick to a workout plan without getting ADD {I go through what feels like a million different ones every year}
• Do yoga every morning
• Switch from Coffee to tea as my morning and evening beverage of choice {evening = herbal tea}
• Really work on drinking 3-4 of my Nalgene bottles full of water a day {100ml each}
• Find a skincare routine that makes me happy {I think I’m going to pick up a copy of Liz Wolfe’s Book Skintervention!}
• Not be a terrible blogger during wedding season
• Shoot 35+ Weddings without losing my marbles
• Learn to keep a set of business hours instead of working around the clock

So what are your goals this year? How do you feel about Resolutions?

Happy Almost 2014!
Or Happy Monday … which ever you prefer!