Editorial: A More Well-Rounded ME in 2024

Every New Year’s I set myself up for failure. I’m going to lose 30 pounds this year! I’m going to wake up early and go for walks every morning! I’m going to cut sugar, wheat, milk, and all things fattening out of my diet. Yeah...right.

However, this year feels a bit different. My best friend Stevie, when we were making New Year’s plans, stressed me out when she said she wanted her NYE to be “intentional.” What does that mean? But it turned out to be an evening of girl talk, Love Island Games, and creating 2024 vision boards. We ended the evening at midnight by eating 12 grapes (one for each month) and making a wish for each month.

Now, I don’t plan to share my wishes with anyone - I’ve got those tucked away somewhere safe and we’ll see where that goes. However, I did make one resolution - to be a better me in all the little ways that I can easily do - because the little things add up to the big things in the end.

I found ACTION FOR HAPPINESS online and am going to try out their calendars for a Happier, Kinder, and more Together me. Each month, in the first paper of that month, I will publish their calendar.

Feel like joining in this journey with me? Please do! Feel like sharing an experience as it progresses? Send it in! I am just hoping to be less work/stress-oriented and more happy-oriented in 2024 and I wish you the same!