half way through 2013 and...

I haven't forgotten the commitments I signed up for at the beginning of the year.   Remember my poo-pooing of new year's resolutions?

If you don't remember, check it out here, but this is the abbreviated version:

1) eat better
2) leverage yoga as the learning tool it is
3) protect and spend time with family

So, how am I doing?

Pretty darn good I think.

1) There is far less junk food in my life.  When I do eat it, I am quickly reminded why I avoid it (migraines = unpleasant).  Our CSA is producing lots of awesome stuff and I'm eating more of the green stuff that shows up than I did last year (green smoothies are my current obsession)

2) So many great opportunities for me to learn from my fellow teachers, but even moreso from my students.  I am no longer frightened by the prospect of who might show up to class and whether I will be able to help them through my class because I know I can modify, modify, modify.  I'm learning to trust what I know, comfortable saying "I don't know" and learning more with every question that falls into the 2nd category (and there are lots of them!)

3) It's been a revolving door here since, well.... May.  Family visiting us; we're traveling to visit family; weekends away with great friends; Bryan and I are planning out more house projects that we're going to attempt together (stay tuned to see how that works out); dogs are happy (especially now that it's not 45 degrees with the humidex - that would be 113F for my American friends); we're accompanying my parents for their first trip to NYC in 2 weeks - YAY!!!!   The yard is a bit of a mess right now, but family BBQ's and time spent together is way more important (though the weeds are annoying me).

Anyways, just a quick realization for me today that the things that were important for me at the beginning of the year seem to still be the focus of my attention mid-year.   It's also confirmed that just paying attention to those 3 little commitments - not in excruciating detail or obsessing over them to be "perfect" - has resulted in a REALLY enjoyable first half of the year.

Here's to the 2nd half - cheers!
- amy