Welcoming 2012

I have decided to do something new and make some positive changes to the way I do things in the coming year. Of course I can start them now but it excites me to give these changes a timeline and see how far will I go and what sacrifices will I be willing to make to gain something good out of these exercises of the body and mind.

First off, I will try my hand at baking. Hahaha, I've always said, no one is too old to try something new. Since I don't own a conventional oven, I will do my baking in a turbo broiler. I just bought one, in fact I've already used it to broil my chicken on Christmas day. It turned out pretty well and I was happy with it. So baking cookies is my next project. I am going to start in January 2012. If I get so excited at the prospect of baking, I just might do it in the next few days before year end.

Second, I will do some walking exercise at least 3x a week. Hahaha, good luck to me on this one. I tried walking in November this year and it only lasted for a week. It took so much willpower to get up in the morning to do some walking. I hate rushing to work and since I live about 15kms away from the city, walking in the morning meant I really have to wake up very early so I didn't have to rush.

Third. I will be nice to myself. Much nicer than I am now. I will try very hard to take good care of myself and my self-esteem. How should I do this? I will stop hoping for any reconciliation with my ex and I will stop procrastinating. I will move forward, gift myself with something nice at least once every two months, go to a spa to pamper myself, meet new people, find time to read good books, go out with friends...

I think these are nice things to do at the start of the year... I will think of more really good stuff to do as the new year ushers in and as I settle and adapt to my new situation.

I am Beautiful

I believe it’s only appropriate to start my blog with affirmation of the self, positivity, with belief, with enthusiasm for the good things that are coming my way and are about to come. The dark clouds of my past still hang above me, some of them have fallen already, but some have remained up there, waiting to come down and storm their way into my life… But I am stronger now, protected, and ready for the rain, and so I tell myself, hang in there girl, have nothing to fear!

To support my statement above, I am posting a song that truly inspires me, a song that reinforces my claim to whoever I am now, a song that tells me, no matter how I look or how I was treated in the past, God knows and I know in my heart, that I am beautiful.

This is the song that honors me.
A beautiful song by Christina Aguilera.

Every day is so wonderful
And suddenly, i saw debris
Now and then, I get insecure
From all the pain, I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring me down
So don't you bring me down today

To all your friends, you're delirious
So consumed in all your doom
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The piece is gone left the puzzle undone
That's the way it is

You are beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring you down
You are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring you down
Don't you bring me down today...

No matter what we do
(no matter what we do)
No matter what they say
(no matter what they say)
When the sun is shining through
Then the clouds won't stay

And everywhere we go
(everywhere we go)
The sun won't always shine
(sun won't always shine)
But tomorrow will find a way
All the other times

'cause we are beautiful no matter what they say
Yes, words won't bring us down, oh no
We are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring us down
Don't you bring me down today

Don't you bring me down today
Don't you bring me down today