Year end review

At the end of each year I do a year end review. I have been doing it for many years now. I look back on the year and see what went well, what went not so well, and what I'd like to see happen in the next year. It is nothing elaborate and I do it in my own time, and on my own terms. It has turned out to be a very positive practice. In fact, I find no matter what, there is always something good to find in the past year, some progress from the earlier year. One of the themes of this year was getting into real recovery from the eating patterns of the past. I believe this year I was in a better position to do that because of other progress made in recent years, like therapy, joining a new gym and exercising, and other activities that slowly brought the truth about my eating into focus. So I may share some of my review on my blog but today I just wanted to mention the idea of it, in case anyone else wants to join in the practice.

Just a word about the holidays, I am enjoying them. I decided I did not have to have a perfectly clean house, and that I am going to spend the week doing whatever I want which could be absolutely nothing. No pressure, not even to have a good time. Our holiday visiting is over and I am off work until January 2nd, so stress reduction, exercise and healthy eating are my ideas for the rest of the week. My daughter and I have been under a lot of stress for the past month or so and I want us both to take a break.