Reflection on 2021 and Resolutions for 2022 - Blogmas Day 10

Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well. It was a busy year and challenging at times when postponing the wedding, or waiting to get our kitten, and other bumps along the way. These past two years have really changed me and I am sure they have for others too. I know my outlook has changed a lot and what I find important in life. I think this changes all the time even if no pandemic. Today I am sharing my reflection on goals accomplished for the year and plans for the upcoming year.

Reflection on 2021

This year was a difficult one for different reasons, but also one that had a lot of happy memories. We got married in September this year after multiple postponements due to the pandemic. We had a lovely ceremony with a small group of close family and friends, then we went to a restaurant for dinner afterwards to celebrate. We were so happy to finally be able to have our wedding after so long planning it since 2019.

We got our kitten Millie in July and it has been wonderful having her here. She is always around watching what we are up to and meowing up at us. She has her super playful side  and her sleepy side. I had wanted a cat for so long of my own and so happy to finally have her here. She is such a cute kitten too and I love her expressions. She is a chocolate point balinese cat if anyone is wondering and we adopted her from a breeder in the GTA. She is hypoallergenic so this enabled us to get a cat since Liam has allergies to cats.

I  did more yoga this year, and got into a routine. I did yoga mostly every Tuesday and Thursday morning before work. I still try to keep to this routine and do yoga at lunch if I miss the morning.  I liked that when I do yoga, I slow down and take it one movement at a time and focus on my breath. I felt that it benefited me greatly this year in times of stress.

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I started cross stitching this year and really enjoyed it. I got to a point where I made a mistake and didn't pick it up again. I am thinking it would be great to continue.

There are some things I did not do and I was going to go into detail about those too. But what I have realized from these two years where everything was unpredictable and uncertain and nothing went our way, is that all we can do is try again and not to be too hard on ourselves.

Resolutions for 2022

Start trying for a baby -  My husband and I have always talked about wanting to have a baby, maybe this could be the year we get pregnant? That would be so exciting.

Meditate daily  - I meditate here and there right now. But when I was meditating daily I could really feeling the benefits for my mental health. I think that it is good to be in this quiet space daily to clear thoughts and just be present. I want to also try to challenge myself to do longer mediations when I have the time. 

Read 10 books - always got to have a reading goal on here. This past year I didn't read as much and I miss setting the time aside to get lost in a good book. One morning a couple of weekends ago, I spent time in the morning just reading for an hour and haven't done that in so long. Next year, I will prioritize reading again.

Knit a top - this past year I didn't do it, but there are so many nice patterns it would be fun to try knitting something new like a top.

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I will be keeping it simple next year for my goals. I noticed from my goals I made in 2020 for this year, there were so many and I felt bad that I hadn't accomplished most of them. I think I could have prioritized some of them better, but in the end I think we just do the best we can. Next year I feel it will be a great year and full of wonderful surprises and I will be working on developing in knitting and my personal life as well. 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today for blogmas day 10! What did you like about this year or want to change? what would you like to do in the new year? I always love how the new year feels like such a new beginning.

Have a great day!