Happy Week Between Christmas & New Year’s Eve

Hi! I’m sorry that I was MIA for the past week. I rushed out of Redmond to pick up Blake from PDX last Tuesday and left my laptop at home. I was using my iPhone for internet until it informed me that I had used up 75% of the internet service for the month and I didn’t want to go over my allotted amount. After visiting Blake’s family in Portland and both of our families at the coast, we are back in Redmond and are relaxing for the next few days.

I really like the week between Christmas and New Years. For some reason, it’s the only time of the year that I actually feel comfortable relaxing. It seems like everyone else has the same mindset; like we’re all just chillin’ until January 1st and then we’ll tackle our big goals and endeavors. I am trying extra hard to savor this time that Blake and I have together because he was away for work for the past month and he will probably be leaving for another job here shortly.

We spent some of our car ride yesterday talking about our goals for this coming year. I believe that it’s especially important to talk about your long-term goals with your significant other if you are in a committed relationship. This will help the two of you understand what’s important to and what motivates one another.

I realized that in order to accomplish our individual goals, we need to be on the same page as a couple and know how to support one another individually. For example, if you want to open your own coffee shop in town and your parter wants the two of you to travel the globe for six months this year, you may need to reevaluate your goals. It would be very difficult to manage the opening of your shop from halfway around the globe. A possible solution might be to travel for a month or two and then begin the process of opening your coffee shop. Whatever the two of you want to do, talk about your goals and then figure out how to support one another to make them a reality.

I’m going to spend the next few days reflecting on 2011: what my goals were, what did I accomplish, what did I not accomplish, what’s important to me, what do I want to do in 2012, what do I not want to do in 2012. These are all things we can ask ourselves to help make our 2012 goals.

If you want, take these next few days to evaluate your life and priorities and plan out an action plan that can bring your 2012 goals to life. You could even make a new vision board.

I’m putting the finishing touches on the January Cleanse/Weight Loss Plan. I’ll post the plan for Week 1 on Friday. Get excited to eat clean, feel refreshed and energized to start accomplishing your 2012 goals!

Much love and support,

Kilee

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