Mine is to listen more and talk less.

I updated my 2012 bumper sticker.

To work hard be the best husband, father, son, brother, friend and person I realistically can be. To continue to learn from past mistakes that we all make and try to minimize them. To think before I just react. I like to think I am a good person but I know I need work!

To re-establish my healthy living activities that make me happy, vibrant, and able to more easily cope with the day to day demands of life that everyone deals with. Personal trauma, as many know, has a way of slowly chipping away at your mind, body and soul. Then one day you look in the mirror and say WTF happened??? Anyway I am looking forward to a fresh start. I will keep you posted of my progress!

I never make a resolution per se but instead choose "Words To Live By". Last year was "Why Not Now?" which challenged me to put the smell test to anything I wanted to put off and I can tell you that I got more accomplished than ever before. I haven't been able to pin down this year's Words To Live By but I know they will have something to do with putting my needs higher on the priority list. It sounds selfish but one thing I have learned in my year of mad accomplishment is that my ability to get things done and attend to the needs of my family, my job, my clients and my life is only as powerful and strong as my weakest trait. As I often say, there's a reason they say to put your own oxygen mask on first!

So if making a resolution and then keeping it - or not - is something that you find a challenge, consider choosing some Words To Live By and using them as a guiding principle as you start to identify the goals you want to achieve in 2013.

To do something each day that my future self will thank me for. It's my "words to live by" each day and one I ask my clients to think about. Imagine if each day you did ONE thing that you knew was something your future self would thank you for? Whether it be put things where they belong so you can find them when you need them, put a little $ aside for a crisis later, move more, start a practice of slowing down like journaling or yoga, eat food that nourishes your body instead of packaged processed stuff we all know does no good for our future self.... We only have one body and your future self will thank you if you make ONE choice a day - each day - to pamper it... What better time to kickstart your future self than a New Year??

I promise to make better bad decisions.....

I really want to drop some lbs. But I also want to be a better wife & mom. So more them time & less "me" time, but also to make the most of my "Me" time and not sit on my butt, but really DO something for ME. Like get a massage, or work out, etc.. Off to get a haircut! happy new year!!