Happy New Year! 2015 The Year of Mo!!

Happy New Year!  A new day, a new year and a blank slate.  I looked back on my "resolutions" from 2014 and out of the 10 I listed I completed 3 1/2 of them.  2014 personally was a year of ups and downs but I refuse to look back.  I have a clean slate in front of me and an opportunity to get up and move forward.

While I was off from work this past week I had the time to watch many of the morning news programs.  Something I enjoy but I am not able to do normally.  The last few days the focus on these morning news programs was the New Year and resolutions.  One suggestion was made instead of listing resolutions come up with a word or phrase that defines your resolutions.

After I heard this I started thinking.  Obviously resolutions are not for me.  It is obvious if you look at my post from a year ago when I listed 10 resolutions but only completed 3 1/2 of them.  So I decided instead of resolutions I would set goals.  I do better with goals that have a beginning, a middle and an end. And I wrapped those goals into one word and one phrase.

My one word --HEALTH

My phrase -- MEDICATION FREE

Knowing that I am a triathlete and a runner you can guarantee that I have set race goals for myself for 2015.  These goals will feed into "health" and "medication free".  The following list are my event goals:

February 2015 - Lake Effect Half Marathon (registered)
March 2015 - Syracuse Half Marathon (registered)
May 2015 - Vermont City Marathon (registered)
July 2015 - Gillie Girl Triathlon (waiting for registration to open)
August 2015 - Cayuga Triathlon (registered)
Ultimate goal -- Open Water 3 mile Swim in Lake George, NY (waiting for registration to open)

Finally, what do I want?  I want my health!  I want to be healthy!  How will I get there? One step at a time.  Everything I do and every choice I make I will keep my "one word" and "my phrase" in mind ... will this get me what I want!

I have announced this in year's past but this year I believe it ... 2015 is the YEAR OF MO!! A year to take care of me in order to accomplish my goals.

There is a Japanese Proverb that states: "Fall seven times, get up eight". 

Happy New Year!! Take advantage of your blank slate, your untraveled road and the blank first page of your book!!

Tri-ing to get the fire book!!