2013 in one word… whirlwind.
When I agreed to write this
post and began thinking about this past year, I immediately started to list off
all of the things I wanted to accomplish that I didn’t. I started to think
about how I had “failed” and what I could have done better. I could have been a
better wife and mother. I could have been better at my job. There was more I
could have done for my family, clients and students. I could have been a better
friend. I was starting to get overwhelmed with all of the coulda, woulda,
shouldas and suddenly, I thought, “WHOA! What is going on here?” Holy self-scrutiny,
Batman! Talk about being mean to yourself. I am, after all, just one woman
trying to do a million things. I’m a working mother trying to keep some sort of
balance between running a home and running my own business. It’s like a magic
trick.
When I agreed to write this
post and began thinking about this past year, I immediately started to list off
all of the things I wanted to accomplish that I didn’t. I started to think
about how I had “failed” and what I could have done better. I could have been a
better wife and mother. I could have been better at my job. There was more I
could have done for my family, clients and students. I could have been a better
friend. I was starting to get overwhelmed with all of the coulda, woulda,
shouldas and suddenly, I thought, “WHOA! What is going on here?” Holy self-scrutiny,
Batman! Talk about being mean to yourself. I am, after all, just one woman
trying to do a million things. I’m a working mother trying to keep some sort of
balance between running a home and running my own business. It’s like a magic
trick. When I slowed down and started to look back on the year again, I realized that my year was pretty great. It’s amazing how a little shift in perspective can make the exact same picture look completely different. I may not have done every single thing I wanted to do this year, but I did an awful lot. Mandee Lee Fitness, my passion and my very own business, is doing well and I’m making it all on my own. That’s pretty amazing. I offered my first out of town yoga workshop this year and that was a blast. I’ve got the most amazing group of clients and students any teacher/trainer could ever possibly ask for.
In regards to family, my husband
and I got to have some pretty great date nights and started planning a
honeymoon since we never took one. We’re going to Paris and Amsterdam for our
fifth wedding anniversary next spring. Amazing. We got to spend some time in
Austin with our daughter this year and take her to her first UT football game.
We are getting to introduce her to a place that we both love. I got to
reconnect with some old friends this year, which totally did my soul good. My
daughter had her first ballet recital and that was a total hoot. She was a
monkey. Hilarious. I got my first new car as an adult this summer and we moved
into a new house this fall.Oh and I chopped all my hair off and completely changed my look. Whew!
I’d say that I had a pretty big year and I’ve got an awful lot to be thankful for. I am so blessed to have the most patient and loving husband who supports me in all my crazy adventures, a brilliant and beautiful daughter who is my greatest treasure and a job that I love so much that it doesn’t even feel like a job. The time goes by so quickly and my focus is so often on the future, that sometimes I have trouble being present in the here and now. This time of reflection has given me much to think about and now I can take those shoulda coulda wouldas and turn them into specific goals for the year to come so that this time next year, when I look back and reflect, I’ll know I did everything I could to make it the best year possible.
Bring it on, 2014!
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