New year, new possibilities

2012 is now behind us. It was a year where a lot happened in my life, and January to May was the preparation for what's to come. 

June: I quit my job at Philips Consumer Lifestyle (miss them), moved to Hong Kong with all my belongings, to be with the love of my life. 

July: A wonderful vacation to Cairns, Australia to hang out with my beautiful sister and her husband. 

August: Met with the great people at SWEA (a Swedish women's organization in Hong Kong). 

September 2nd: Honey proposed!! 

October: Finally got rid of the eye infection (took two months), and Wedding planning. 

November: Joined Bulletinen as a volunteer writer and editor (a free magazine sent out to all Swedes in Hong Kong who are registered at the Swedish general consulate), and more Wedding planning. 

December: Family on a visit (still missed Nicke, Misan and Stella), and the wonderful wedding! 

It was a pretty darn good year! I hope this year will continue the same way. My goals for 2013 includes: 

• Get the dependent visa. 
• Start working again. 
• Sign up to learn Cantonese. 
• Be able to work as a Spinning instructor again.
• Become an RPM instructor. 
• Continue to write articles for Bulletinen. 
• Develop my knowledge in editing. 

This list is not definite and will very likely be edited and things will be added as the year goes on. 

The normal new years resolutions like "Lose weight, and work out more" etc is not on the list. Instead I have once and for all decided to like my body the way it is. It's so tiring to fight it all the time, to always be unsatisfied. I will focus on seeing the good things of my body instead. At my age I have to realize that my legs will never be slim, because that's not how I'm built. So what if I have cellulite, we all do. From now on I will choose not to see them, because they don't mean anything to me. 

I know how to eat right, and by doing so most of the time I'm not going to feel bad on days where I let go for my cravings and stuff my face with chocolate, pizza and other unhealthy snacks. 

I want to feel good about myself, and a start is to accept me for who I am and what I look like. We all have different genes and body types. Is it really worth cutting out the good stuff like a bag of salty licorice, a creamy sauce, fresh bread with butter and cheese to have a perfect body? (What is a perfect body anyway?) To me it's not worth it. I don't need perfect, I want to enjoy life, all of it, with both food, work out and other fun things. 

Enjoy life, and if you don't like something, make sure to make a change, don't just whine about it! 

Let's all have a fantastic 2013! Let's all have a great year of the Snake!