☆ 2012 Dreaming

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'Resolve'
Pen & Ink
©2011 Kirstin McCulloch

Happy New Year everyone! 

Being an aussie I have had almost a days head start on a lot of you, and had the most amazing day - a clear head this morning, pancakes with the family, celebrating with old friends lounging in the sun for a NY day BBQ.  This evening will be filled with creativity, with a new painting on the way, and Tam Laporte's Life Book course downloading as I type.

Traditionally I like to spend some time at new years reflecting on the year past, and what dreams I want to achieve in the next. I know of course that most resolutions tend to be forgotten by the end of January, and they don't work for some, but I find that by writing my dreams down I am more focused, and more committed.

I have huge dreams for 2012, a new direction, some exciting projects and creative anvenues, some health and fitness goals, some plans for work needed around the house, a commitment to spending quality time with family and friends, saving some money and huge plans centring around my art, my blog, and finally! opening up my etsy store.

A busy year planned so far, an exciting year ahead, and I can't wait to just jump. right. in!

So what are your resolutions? Your dreams? or are you a non-resolutions kinda person, like a good friend of mine? Do you stick to them or do they fade away? I'd love to hear how you celebrate the beginning of a new year.

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☆ Illustration Friday

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I found this a really difficult IF to illustrate - Resolutions is such an broad concept and so I struggled with where to take it with out becoming lost in the process. (I hope this makes some sense...)

In the end I feel I may have copped out a bit and went for easy but I guess an accurate depiction of what resolutions means to me.

As you can maybe tell from my previous post I am a firm believer in creating resolutions at the beginning of the new year. I always have been. Some years I have been unrealistic and failed before the day was over. Other years I managed to tick items of my lists. (And yes they are lists plural!)

So here is Resolutions.

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☆ A New Year.... A Fresh Start

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I love a new year, like a clean page in a journal or like Mondays, new year, for me is a fresh start. My ritual is to sit down with a journal and a glass of wine, and really think about what it is I want out of the coming year and how I am going to achieve it. I learnt a long time ago that simply writing 'lose 10 pounds' was never going to get the job accomplished!

For me, last year was so last year, and this year is exciting, and uncomplicated and well, new - there is no history muddying the waters... Well how could there be when its only four days old!

Of course it is not as simple as that, oh that I wish it were! but sometimes, just sometimes, I manage to achieve something major on the list - like the time I finally quit smoking, or the time I actually did loose those 10 pounds, or when we left Australia to travel on our mid-life gap year (or seven years) and the time we moved back again.

This year, with pen, journal, and a large wine in hand I sat down to write my resolutions and came up with a fairly sizeable list (not unusual), but I feel in my gut that I have a core list of achievable resolutions. We'll see...

So for all those interested here are the highlights....

♥ Fit into the dress I wore to my sisters wedding for my brothers (aka loose 20 pounds)
♥ Exercise for fitness - swim, walk, yoga, dance to the bloody Wiggles if need be - just move.
♥ Make healthier meal choices, limit take away and plan weekly menus - and be creative with food (Pasta is not the only thing you can cook Kirstin!)
♥ Set myself more daily, weekly & monthly sketching/ art challenges  (any suggestions on subject matter are most welcome!)
♥ Be creative in some small way every day (either by myself or with kids)
♥ Sew some more clothes (Hem those bloody curtains!!)
♥ Seriously work towards selling my art (locally and via web)
♥ Spend quality time with my family, talk more, make time for friends
♥ Play with focus with my kids
♥ Honour Date Night - and stop being slack and coping out with a dvd
♥ Spend responsibly (no more credit - eeek!!)
♥ Book a trip back to Raasay


I feel optimistic, its a slightly challenging list but also quite exhilarating to think what if... What if I manage to resolve my resolutions?? 


Do you have resolutions? Do you keep them?  Maybe this is the year to take responsibility for our resolutions? I know that I am going to try - Because what if? What if, just maybe, you achieve something great? (And if you do please share!)

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