Paper Ghost: Musings of a Restless Girl

I think I am letting the world make me bitter.

I was thinking that rather than making lofty goals for the entire year, it might be better to break them down month to month. January Goals: 1. Walk 10, 000 steps each day. 2. Work out 2-3 times a week (will increase this goal through the year) 3. Eat at least 3 servings of veggies per day. 4. Save $5-10 per check. 5. Do not eat out at all. 6. No soda, no candy bars at work.

I was never one for New Year's nothing good ever happened and I never felt much of a reason to make any resolutions.  Change can happen anytime, and it seemed to me that putting pressure on oneself all at once to radically change was unrealistic and harmful. I still feel this way, but over the last few years, I've become much more reflective this time of year. Maybe it's the solstice and the feeling that it's the right time to begin some changes, who knows. I have always had a hard time being proud of myself.  I never felt like anything was good enough and that I could always do better.  While it's okay to believe that we can always improve, it's also okay to be proud of ourselves.  It's okay to not work ourselves into the ground and it's okay to acknowledge when we do a good job.  Otherwise, what is the point of working so hard in the first place? This year, I want to learn how to be proud of myself and be less concerned with how others feel about...