It’s February. The new year new me posts should be over. But I haven’t written one yet so, there’s that.
2019 was very difficult for me. I won’t go into it, but it sucked. There was good too – got my brown belt, we met our beautiful Australian Kelpie Gigi, and we went to Japan. So maybe it wasn’t all bad. But it has been a catalyst for me to make some changes.
I feel like many people do right now, 2020 is the beginning of a new year and a new decade. It feels like the opportunity to do what we’ve always wanted to do and be what we’ve always wanted to be.
This year will see me continue what I’ve been doing, starting what I’ve always wanted and going back to some things that used to make me really happy.
So this year I am doing the following
1. Finishing that bloody Iron Man cross stitch! Honestly it has been going on for 5 years and I am over it. I have so many other projects I want to do but I ain’t no quitter!
2. Bust my karate up a notch. This is the year I get faster, better, stronger, seriously. It’s going to be a kickass year.
3. On top of that, get fit. I’m walked 10,000+ steps a day. I’m getting out and getting active. We’re doing it together, the kids are loving it. This is the year that I make my health my priority.
4. And I’m doing that by geocaching! I’ll write more about that later but this year I’m getting active and outdoors by finding Tupperware hidden in the bush and under park benches and all over the joint.
5. Study. I’m learning Japanese by practicing a little each day AND I’m going back to uni. It will keep me very busy but honestly I feel best when I’m learning.
There’s other things in the pipeline too but these are 5 things that I’m doing every day to keep my mental health in check. Stitch, karate, walking, geocaching, studying.
Because in 2019 I let my mental health wear down to the bare bones. I left the year frazzled, wired and on edge. I’ve cut back to 4 days a week at work to best manage my work life balance and spend more time with the kids.
So that’s my 2020 vision, now it’s out there in the universe so I need to make it my 2020 reality.
The Otaku Mum 