Ping

Did you hear that? That was the sound of a pin dropping. It's pretty clear that my 2013 goals have flown out the window. What's it been six weeks? Hardly the regular blogging that I was aiming for but oh well.

 So do you want an update? Well I could tell you all the things I haven't been doing, but that would be depressing. I've done all the normal mummy stuff, school runs, play dates, dentist visits, birthdays etc etc. I spent a week nagging nursing my husband back to health from a horrible lung infection. I've been crafting a little, designing a lot and even dusted off the camera once or twice. But it seems I've found a new vice. Movies.

I've always been a procrastinator, something my mother will surely attest to. It started one day a few weeks ago when I decided to put off the washing and housework (I can hear my mother laughing from here) and catch up on Downton Abbey and a couple of other things I'd previously recorded.

Since then I've been almost obsessively watching my way through our dvd collection and collating a wishlist of title to aquire. It's such an effective way to escape the day to day monotony that life can be. I know I could be doing something more productive with the time but this quote has become my mantra.

Have you watched any good movies lately?

It hurts

My heart, it hurts this afternoon.

A wonderful woman I know is going through one of the hardest things a mother can possibly face.

I wish it wasn't happening. I wish it never happened, to anyone.

My heart hurts for her whole family.

I wish I had more to offer than these simple but so very true words.

I will remember, always. Just as you do for me.

My love to you all.

Get moving {My motivation}

I've never been one for exercise. In fact my whole life has been spent avoiding it. Just the word would make my feet feel like lead weights. It's something I associate with doing the washing, ironing, cleaning, just another chore really and I don't "do" chores. I mean I do what I have to or need to, but if I had to choose between that third load of washing and facebook, you know what wins right? Facebook. Exercise is the same.

Part of my resolutions for 2013 is to move more. See that, no sign of the E word. Just move. I lead a very sedentary lifestyle. Even before kids, I never made an effort to move purposefully. Since having kids I've been even worse. Truth be told, I'm still carrying the "baby weight" from my first child who, incidentally,  turns 10 next month! Now it should be said that the only goal I have is to do some sort of movement 5 days a week. No weight loss goals, no size goals, I'm trying to change my lifestyle here not my appearance. 

While the sun is shining my favourite way to move is by going for a walk along my favourite beach. There's something about this place. I've talked about it before, but it is my happy place, it soothes my spirit and re-energises me every time I go there. 

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The walk I do is about 3.5klms long. I park at the local surf club and hit the pavement walking along a road that's behind the beach for the first half. I can smell the sea, hear it even, it's just on the other side of the protected sand dunes. After I loop back, I cut through the dunes and walk the second half along the beach. The pay off point comes when I get to the western end of the beach and loop back towards the surf club. I'm always rewarded at this point with a fresh breeze and gorgeous view. When I'm back at the surf club, I take my runners off and dip my feet in the cold waters of Bass Strait. I stand a let the waves wash over my hot, tired feet. I watch the sun sparkle across the water and breathe in the fresh salty air. And for whatever reason, my troubles melt away and the world doesn't seem like such a troublesome place.

Anything that has that sort effect on you, is surely good for you. Is it any wonder I'm looking forward to my morning walk tomorrow?

2013 Goals : March { Moving Forward }

Well February was just an abysmal failure at every level. No goals set or reached, barely a blog post written and only a handful of photos taken. Perhaps it was the chaos that goes along with the start of the new school year, I don't know. What I do know is that even all of the goals I managed to reach in January went out the window last month. So I guess I'll just write it off and move on to March.

I'm going to ease myself back in to the blogging world this month. Who knows what I'll be posting about over the next few weeks, but I'll be striving to be more me than ever before.

Kick the soft drink (again)

Yes, the goal that I reached in January has been entirely undone (sadface). 

Time to switch back to bio-body fuel (H20).

Walk

I've already started walking again and I just can't believe I haven't done it for so long. I really feel so much better within myself after a walk. The beach plays such a big part in it, I just feel reinvigorated and reconnected afterwards. Definitely an important goal for the health of my mind, body and soul.

Get making

I promised myself last year that I'd make time this year to craft, sew and bake. Time to get on that. I like making things. It makes me happy.

Inspiring spaces

This is a recycled one that I didn't complete in January. I need an inspiring space to be creative. I have the space set aside, I just need to make it inspiring.

Cover it already

I've been looking for a new phone cover for months. I keep going back and forth and procrastinating over it (like it's some major life decision). Bling, words, stripes, I just can't freakin decide! I think it's about time I got over it and pick out a new phone cover.

Let's see how far the next 28 days take me.

Have you made any goals for March? Feel free to leave a link in the comments.

Body+ : My view

On my quest to find the real me, I’ve discovered that I feel rather passionate about the issue of body image.  Over the past few months I’ve come to realise that women and girls the world over put so much time, money and brainpower into trying to attain society’s very skewed and unrealistic beauty ideals. How different would our lives be if we’d invested all those resources toward behaviours and activities that enrich our lives with  purpose, meaning and a positive sense of self.

I’ve spent so much of my life hating my body. I hated it for being fat, round, slow and ugly when I was a teenager. In my late teens/early twenties I hated my body because it never matched the vision of beauty that I had in my mind. When it came time to having kids, I hated my body because it wouldn’t work the way it should, because it let me down. Then after I finally had my boys, I hated my body because I knew it would NEVER fit that warped cookie cutter vision of beauty.  Do you know what happens to a woman who spends two-thirds of her short life, hating herself for the way she looks? Her body, mind and spirit end up broken by abuse and neglect.

Found via Pinterest originally from http://www.thehiyl.com/

I’m now 31 and I will fix this. Piece by piece, little by little I will right the wrongs. What I need is a little TLC. My mind, body and spirit deserve respect and a whole lot of love.

The main objective of Body+ (here in my little corner of the blogosphere) is to learn to love my body and hopefully to help you love yours more too. Through inspiring quotes and articles I find as well as my own thoughts and ideas, I'll be travelling along this important road to a better and happier me. Will you come with me?