Another Year Older and None the Wiser

OK Ok... maybe not NONE the wiser.  I guess I have grown up a bit more since last year and learned a few new things.  2014 has been a bumpy road with many changes happening to me and my family. We have lost and gained, changed career paths and we have grown so much mentally and emotionally.  I have lost a few people this year and I think that has changed me the most. Losing a loved one is never easy and it makes people start thinking about their future and how they live their life.  Spending time with family and friends become much more important and you realize how vital it really is to live in the moment.  Thoughts of things you want to do before you pass flood your mind and a new hope is reborn from the ashes.  Sadly that feeling doesn't always last long and is pushed down again to go back to our everyday routine.

Wake up, get ready, go to work, come home, go to bed... REPEAT! Do we take time for ourselves everyday? Do we take time to spend REAL (meaning without texting or checking our facebook feeds) time with our kids?  I would love to say, "I try to!" but who am I kidding? I'm tried after work, homework and cooking dinner or cleaning all day.  I want to sit back and veg out on the couch and watch a movie or my favorite show.  I feel as if I have wasted so much time in my life and the important lesson, live each day as if it was your last, gets lost.

But how do we change something that we have been doing for so long?  And the excuse of too many distractions (ie the TV, phones and computers) is getting old. If you knew had a week to live, what would you be doing?  And if you were on your death bed tomorrow, would you regret what you have or hadn't done today?  I'm sad to say, I most likely would be mad at myself.

So on the first day of my 34th year I am making a promise to myself to honest to goodness try! I can't promise I won't veg out on the couch and binge watch my favorite shows.  That time together with my husband is important to me and I do really enjoy his company. But I can say that I will start putting a little more thought into my plan for each day and try my best to really be present in the moment.  Heres to adding some meaning and purpose to my amazing life.

-Michele Stevic
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New Year = New ME!

I've been debating starting a blog for years now. I always thought it would be a lot of work or that it would just add one more thing to my long list of things to do weekly. I'm not a writer, nor have I ever wanted to be one. I have some interesting life stories and I have thought about writing them down before but never seemed to have the time or the real will to want to do it. So why am I writing now?  A new year is just days away and during the course of this month I have been thinking what would my New Years resolution would be this year. My normal answer would be to lose weight just like thousands of other women, but I know in my heart that I won't keep it. Holding myself accountable is something I struggle with as I am sure most people do. I have the greatest intentions all the time to want to change myself but life gets in the way and I give up.
I decided to make my journey to self improvement public.  Not because I want everyone to know my business or that I am looking for fame and glory because I am sure I won't receive that... but because if I keep writing and people keep reading than it will hold me accountable for my actions.
I have been self reflecting about things I want for myself and its more than just to lose weight, its my personal image as a whole. Its also my relationship with my husband and my 8 year old son. Its the not putting myself first ever or never making time for the things I love to do. I want to be able to look through magazines and stop wishing I had *her* body or those legs. I want to go into a store and love to shop since I fit in all the cute clothes.  The fancy hair and make up that I adore on pinterest but never seem to be able to do to myself or even have a place to go to wear that amazing up do or dark smokey eye.  I want to love shoe shopping without wondering when would I even ever wear those heels?
I have always loved mythology and how the different Goddesses all portray an attributes that I would love to see in myself. Aphrodite the Goddess of beauty, Hera the Goddess of marriage and Athena the Goddess of strength. The list goes on and on and I so wish that I could embody these Goddesses so that I can grow stronger as a wife, mother and woman in general. So I have themed this blog with the help of the Goddesses, in the hopes that I can overcome the identity I have now and grow into the woman I have always wanted to be.


-Michele Stevic
www.MicheleStevic.com
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