After Christmas it seems like much of the world is thinking about the upcoming New Year and their plans for it.
I am no exception.
Well, I tend to spend more than a fair bit of my time in a state of introspection, but that's just cause I like to think about all the things, especially the things I would like to do, am doing, and should be doing. Thoughts about my thoughts wooooo!
Anyway, this approaching year is going to be one of big changes for me, as I am about to embark on a journey of discomfort and growth. I mean, I am always trying to learn and grow, but after spending the last two years in a state of ill, I am ready to heal and embrace the growth arc part of my story in a new capacity.
Ooh, that sounded like a line out of a self-help tome! FUN!
Okay, I might be a little addled, but that's not from the special ingredient in the Christmas cocoa. Nope!
I was watching the corg play with her new toy that our dear friend W got her. It's got these neat little fleece pieces that you can roll treats up in and tuck back into the ball so the pets have to work them out. Cora absolutely loves her new toy, and not just because there are treats in it, she likes the actual play part.
And her floofing about with the toy reminded me of something that I used to love to do, play. I miss playing volleyball, I miss snowball fights, I miss random wrestling sessions and getting tossed into the lake. Playing was something that made my life glorious and honestly, as much as I love being a full grown adult, the lack of play in it, especially over the last few years, has been noticed.
Last year I shot an over confident tacti-dad right in the flintlocks with a paintball gun and I still can remember how my heart swelled when I painted each of that dude's 5.11 Gear clad cheeks with orange paint.
Yep, I miss playing.
So, one of my resolutions so to speak, for this new year, is to spend some time having some mindless fun on more occasions that I have been. I need some water balloon fights and games of tag in my life.
Sure, I am going to be busy becoming mental health clinician Kat 4.0, a thing that I am ecstatic about, but interwoven throughout all that learning, copious amounts of homesteading, and being a responsible adult, there are going to be bouts of mischief.
Because I miss that part of my day!
And really, it makes my heart glow a bit to see all the retrospective and future goal speculative posts on our beloved Hive right now. Looking toward the coming year in a positive light is one of the best parts about being a human. We don't have control over much but we sure can positively ponder what could be!
And as most of the time, all of the images in this post were taken on the author's currently in cocoa and whipped cream scent and texture iPhone.
