Resolutions...or not.

One more thing:

I took a yoga class yesterday and the teacher had an interesting thing to say about resolutions. He explained how he'd probably made 30 or so in his lifetime and has never actually resolved anything by the end of each year that he has made one.

Instead of making a resolution for the entire year, he suggested: Why not just try to do your best in each moment?

I like that.

I took another class today, and I expected it to be about new beginnings and setting goals... a reflection of the year that's past. I thought I'd be thinking a lot about this project and my experiences of 2010. But, it was just another yoga class, with a focus on breath and movement, and finding who you are in each pose.

So in 2011, I'm just gonna set out to do my best in every moment. It calms me yet still feels intentional. All we have is ourself in the moment we are in, in whatever we are doing, and whoever we are sharing that with.

Here's to doing our best!

Clink. (That was my champagne glass being tapped against yours.)

Namaste, Stacey. Namaste, reader friends!

-Courtney

And so it is...

When Courtney came to visit last year and I decided to join her on this journey, I thought it would change the way I shop– I had no idea it would change the way I live.

Now, I would be lying if I said I plan to continue to not buy new things. In fact, at the earliest opportunity I plan to buy underwear, socks, a new set of sheets and a few new yoga outfits. (I have to admit, I’m proud of the brevity of this list. A year ago I thought it would be much longer.)

Overall, I’ve become a different kind of consumer. A necessity shopper, if you will. And for me, that’s progress.

Court – Thanks for including me in this project. I will sincerely miss reading your posts and being connected to you in this way.

And, thanks to everyone who followed our blog. Your comments and insights were profound and encouraging.

Moving forward into 2011, I’m more interested in the things that are working in my life rather than the stuff that needs fixed, eliminated or changed. I have no resolution for 2011, only the intention to truly enjoy the people and opportunities that come my way.

2010 may have been a year of no new things, but I will remember it as the year of making new choices.

Cheers!
~Stacey