So, I wasn't going to write a New Year's post, mostly because I don't really feel like I have that much to say on the topic, but I just can't help but get caught up in its magic.
I've always been really fond of the New Year holiday. I love taking time to reflect on my past year and to think of what my next year might hold for me.
The best part and biggest event of this year for us was buying our beautiful house. I'm still just as in love with it as the day we bought it. I just feel so happy everyday when I look at all of the work we put into it and remember that it's ours. I love having somewhere for friends and family to gather. I love having a yard. I love having more permanent neighbors. I love pretty much everything about it.
Consequently most of my goals for the year revolve around it. Finish unpacking, finish up our little projects we have left, finish decorating, get our yard looking nice, etc.
Yes, I realize that my life is really not very different than it was on Saturday except I now have to remember to write 2012 on everything, but you can't deny the difference a different perspective can make. Fresh starts are magical. They give me that extra spring in my step. Just knowing that it's the beginning of a new year reminds me that there's so much before me. So much promise, so much hope, and endless possibilities. I also love thinking about all of the surprises and twists and turns that occur this year. I mean, honestly, I don't think a single year of my life has ever gone how I expected it to...but that's half of the fun.
I think the new year is especially dear to me because it's not only a new calendar year, but it's also a new year of my life. I'm a January baby, so when the year changes so does my age. This is my favorite thing about being born in January.
Since I was married in December it's also kind of a mark of a new year of marriage for Jayson and I.
A new year of life. A new year of marriage. A new year on the calendar.
I was reading my friend Vienna's New Years blog post the other day and she talked about how according to Chinese astrology 2011 was the year of the Rabbit. Her coworker brought in a poster one day informing her of this and Vienna told her that she was born in the year of the Rabbit and her co-worker replied, "Then this is your year." Now, I don't really believe in astrology, but it was totally her year.
This year happens to be the year of the Dragon and...yep, you guessed it. I was born in the year of the Dragon. (Technically, if I was born in China I probably would be considered a Rabbit since their new year is in February, but for the time being, and maybe forever since I don't really like rabbits all that much, I'm going to ignore that fact. Plus, I don't live in China, so it doesn't really make sense to change my sign according to their calendar, right?) So, I like to think of it as my year. Or maybe I will continue to think of myself as a Rabbit until Chinese New Year so I get an extra month of my year and then I can switch to a Dragon? Yes. That's another reason January birthdays are so awesome.
As I enter the start of my 25th year of life, 4th year of marriage, and the year 2012, and the year of the Dragon, I can only ask...
What will it hold?
I have my ideas, but in all reality I have no idea. Exciting, isn't it?
I'm pretty sure that whatever it holds, it's going to be awesome. Every New Year I like to think that the coming year is going to be the best ever.
So, what do you say 2012? Are you going to top 2011, the year we bought our first home? Go on. I dare you.
I've always been really fond of the New Year holiday. I love taking time to reflect on my past year and to think of what my next year might hold for me.
The best part and biggest event of this year for us was buying our beautiful house. I'm still just as in love with it as the day we bought it. I just feel so happy everyday when I look at all of the work we put into it and remember that it's ours. I love having somewhere for friends and family to gather. I love having a yard. I love having more permanent neighbors. I love pretty much everything about it.
Consequently most of my goals for the year revolve around it. Finish unpacking, finish up our little projects we have left, finish decorating, get our yard looking nice, etc.
Yes, I realize that my life is really not very different than it was on Saturday except I now have to remember to write 2012 on everything, but you can't deny the difference a different perspective can make. Fresh starts are magical. They give me that extra spring in my step. Just knowing that it's the beginning of a new year reminds me that there's so much before me. So much promise, so much hope, and endless possibilities. I also love thinking about all of the surprises and twists and turns that occur this year. I mean, honestly, I don't think a single year of my life has ever gone how I expected it to...but that's half of the fun.
I think the new year is especially dear to me because it's not only a new calendar year, but it's also a new year of my life. I'm a January baby, so when the year changes so does my age. This is my favorite thing about being born in January.
Since I was married in December it's also kind of a mark of a new year of marriage for Jayson and I.
A new year of life. A new year of marriage. A new year on the calendar.
I was reading my friend Vienna's New Years blog post the other day and she talked about how according to Chinese astrology 2011 was the year of the Rabbit. Her coworker brought in a poster one day informing her of this and Vienna told her that she was born in the year of the Rabbit and her co-worker replied, "Then this is your year." Now, I don't really believe in astrology, but it was totally her year.
This year happens to be the year of the Dragon and...yep, you guessed it. I was born in the year of the Dragon. (Technically, if I was born in China I probably would be considered a Rabbit since their new year is in February, but for the time being, and maybe forever since I don't really like rabbits all that much, I'm going to ignore that fact. Plus, I don't live in China, so it doesn't really make sense to change my sign according to their calendar, right?) So, I like to think of it as my year. Or maybe I will continue to think of myself as a Rabbit until Chinese New Year so I get an extra month of my year and then I can switch to a Dragon? Yes. That's another reason January birthdays are so awesome.
As I enter the start of my 25th year of life, 4th year of marriage, and the year 2012, and the year of the Dragon, I can only ask...
What will it hold?
I have my ideas, but in all reality I have no idea. Exciting, isn't it?
I'm pretty sure that whatever it holds, it's going to be awesome. Every New Year I like to think that the coming year is going to be the best ever.
So, what do you say 2012? Are you going to top 2011, the year we bought our first home? Go on. I dare you.
3 comments:
2012 is gonna kick BUTT!!!!
Oooh, I'm a Dragon too. Roar *breathes fire*
4 years of marriage? oh my golly that went by fast!
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