2019 New Years...New Me before New Year

As I reflect back on this year, 2018... I believe I, as well as others, have been bombarded with the saying of "live your best life." This has been a growing theme and what I observe to be an evolution of  YOLO (you only live once). Well, from this moment back until the use of YOLO, I have yet to live my best life. LOL, I know, I have tried and failed many times. Reaching and trying to push my self to "live my best life." So I decided to really analyze what it would take to reach the altruistic point.

I am a lucky woman to have people around me to run these overly involved thoughts by. In speaking with one of my mentors, I asked him what it meant to him to live his best life. How would he know when he was doing it. Well in his typical Mr. Miyagi way, he says "Tee, first, you have to understand what makes up life..." Me, always wanting direct answers, I ask "What does makeup life?" He says, "moments, time is irrelevant." Now, when he says this I just look at him, because what the hell????  He further explains to me that life is but a collection of moments and to live your best life is to collect the best moments you possibly can.

Me, in my over thinking over analyzing mind, tries to break this down. If, life is just about focusing on the moment, making that moment the best it can be, then collecting that moment and moving to the next, what is there to worry about? Trying to apply this nugget of information on top of all the other self-care books and videos... How much more prepared am I to live my best life?

If, life is about moments then do I really want to waste any more moments? If life is about moments then instead of focusing on the future, I should just focus on the actions of the present? If life is about moments, then in the present I should be my absolute best and authentic self at that moment?

Saying yes to all of these questions. I plan to be a new me, to live my best life. I want this, at this very moment. Not waiting for 2019. Below I will list my New Year's resolutions starting this day.



Resolutions

Go hiking

Travel at least twice within the year

Focus on things that bring me happiness