Balance Is Beauty

Better late than never right??!! I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year and are all as excited about 2010 as I am!

When I reflect back on 2009 I definitely see it as a year of personal growth and learning. This was the year I decided to follow my dreams and my heart and go back to school (yet again) to study to become a Registered Holistic Nutritionist. With each passing class, I know I have found my passion and am looking forward to see what the future has to offer in respect to my new career. I am so pleased that I am able to share this journey with all of you. 2009 was also the year that I was introduced to the wonderful world of blogging. Eventually I decided to stop being an outsider looking in and actually start my own blog and become part of this wonderful community. Although I have only been blogging for a short time – I have already met so many wonderful, beautiful women who share the same passions as I do. I know many of these friendships will continue to flourish and I look forward to making many more! Thank you to all of my readers and all of my friends I appreciate each and every one of you

After reflecting on 2009, I thought it was only appropriate to create some goals for 2010. I have enjoyed reading everyone’s goals and think it is wonderful to have some concrete goals to strive for during 2010. It’s scary how quickly the year can fly by, so I think it’s essential to continue to revisit your goals to make sure you are staying on track!

1) Focus on Positive Thoughts – work on turning all negative thoughts/statements into positive ones. This is something I continue to struggle with – I am my harshest critic and am often much harder on myself than I should be. I often find negative thoughts entering my mind and I am going to work very hard this year to turn all of my negative thoughts into positives. I know this will make a huge impact on my day-to-day life and I am going to start journaling all of my positive statements for lots of inspiration

2) Decrease Cardio exercise and increase Strength Training and Yoga Practice. Exercise is not something that I have touched too much on so far on my blog. To sum it up – I am a “cardio-holic”. I LOVE it – given the option I would probably engage in some form of cardio all day long I love the feeling it gives me (endorphins!) and I feel so accomplished when I am done.  Having said that, there can be too much of a good thing – I know my body is starting to get used to all of the cardio training so switching it up and adding different forms of exercise are definitely necessary to start to see some results again. My goal is to practice Yoga at least 3x per week and I have just started Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred (I know, I know, I am SOO late jumping on this wagon – again, better late than never ), and plan to do it 5 days per week. I’ll keep you updated on my progress!

3) Become a more organized person. For anyone that knows me well (particularly my husband), organization is not one of my star qualities. This is particularly disheartening for my hubby, because he is a very organized, neat and tidy, OCD, type A personality. Although I have made minimal a few gains in the past 2 years we have been married – there is definitely A LOT room for improvement. Short term goals are to: 1) Organize my office and tidy up all my loose papers, 2) Organize my pantry, and 3) Organize my closets/drawers.  Hubby will be SO proud of me for this goal

4) Improve my blog and increase readership. My number one goal for starting this blog was to hopefully help others on their journey towards health. This year I would like to focus on more meaningful posts that can assist others in accomplishing their health goals and hopefully be a support during the process.

5) Work towards staring my own business/practice. My dream/vision/goal for embarking on education again was to start my own business – there is a lot of work to be done before this can happen and 2010 is the year where it all will start I am looking forward to all that is to come in terms of my career and know that positive thinking/framing and hard work will get me to where I dream to be!

Hubs and I have a few goals together as well. I know that 2010 has a lot to offer if I am willing to put in the hard work and dedication. Although it sounds cliché, I truly believe that 2010 is my year

I look forward to spending 2010 getting to know each and every one of you a little bit better. Like I said before, I appreciate you all and feel truly blessed that you even care about what I have to say

To end off (sorry for the word heavy post!!), I took a few pictures from New Years Eve, if you remember Hubs and I hosted a party this year. There was probably about 30 people and it turned out wonderfully (and I DID NOT wake up with a hangover). There was wayyyy to much food and drink, and I DIDN”T capture any of it (I know it’s a TOTAL SIN!). I did however, take some before pictures of both the house and myself, so just imagine, the dining table full to the brim with every kind of appetizer you can imagine

There is never a shortage of alcohol when hubby is throwing a party – yes those pumps are full of alcohol – and NO I did not partake in those festivities I stuck to the traditional New Years drink of Champagne

Last but not least, I thought I’d show you the dress I was talking about the other day that I purchased from BCBG, one of my fav stores! I thought it was perfect for a New Years celebration!

Since I’m pretty short, 5’’3.5 (YES the .5 counts!), I tend to find it difficult to find dresses that look good without heels (since we were having a house party I knew I wouldn’t be able to wear shoes!), because this dress was tighter at the bottom I could adjust the length of it which was great! I think I’ll get lots of wear of this, I think it would look great with a long jean and high heel as well!

So there you have it my beautiful friends, I’ve said goodbye to 2009 and say BRING IT ON 2010 – I’m ready for it I’m so excited for what the year has to offer and look forward to spending it with all of you and seeing what exciting things the year has for you as well!

Again – Happy New Year and All the Best to You and Your Families!

xoxo

Krissy