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onight we welcome 2012! A new year is always exciting and like everyone else I love to make resolutions I have a hard time keeping. I don’t have a huge list of resolutions ready to spew out to you today, but I do have one intention for the next year that I wanted to share.

I’m a person who gets easily scattered without routine. I was reading a blog post by Miss Modish recently where she talks about how important her morning routine is to her. Essentially she wakes up in the morning and drinks a big glass of water, exercises (for at least 10 minutes but as long as an hour), showers, meditates, and eats breakfast. I thought this routine sounded perfect for me and would be something I could easily accomplish in the morning before I have to leave for work at 8am. I think if I could get up by 6 every morning I would have plenty of time.

I’m excited about the possibility of a routine like this making me a calmer and more centered person. Meditation is something that my group therapy centers heavily around and I have been struggling to find a time to do it every day. I also struggle to find time to do yoga, which has proven to be very beneficial to decreasing my body pain in the past.

Something that I’ve noticed about myself is that I tend to make everything an obligation which makes it so much more painful to accomplish. But it is good to remember that there are things that I want in my life and not allowing them to become a burden is really important.

One of our meditations that we work on is Metta, or the Lovingkindness Practice. It goes something like this:
May I be safe and loved.
May I be happy and healthy.
May I be kind and caring.
May I know all is well.

May you also know these things for yourself. Happy New Year!