Aunt Becky challenged me to write an “I Will” post… Here’s my crack at it:

This is a year of major changes for me. The title is paraphrased from a book by one of my favorite authors, Maeve Binchy, who died a few years ago. One of the lessons I’ve taken from her books is that kindness matters and change is sometimes incremental, but the opportunities to change abound.

First the Goals:

1. Meet Baby (due end of June)
2. Complete Probation (October, possibly sooner)
3. Complete the 12 steps (currently on Step 4, which sucks, but I am finding valuable)
4. Start School (Sign Language Interpreting Program)
5. Graduate Treatment (possibly this month?)
6. Move into my own apartment (hopefully by March)

Resolutions:

1. Stay sober (110 days and counting)
2. Eat regularly
3. Practice healthy boundaries – especially removing unhealthy and negative people from my life and saying “no” to things that jeopardize my values/goals/self
4. Re-engage with Church
5. Practice gratitude
6. Learn to manage anger without becoming self-destructive
7. Stay Present and Enjoy the Journey
8. Practice Forgiveness – especially of myself
9. Give back
10. Never Stop Learning
11. Make good choices (especially financial ones)
12. Daily Maintenance (this is a concept from NA – aka The Four Simple Things: 1. pray honesty, out loud; 2. talk to another addict, preferably one sponsor or someone else with more clean time, honestly; 3. read literature daily; and 4. do something nice for someone else).

But the Over-Riding Theme?

I Will Become a Better Version Of Myself

Not too tall an order right??? LOL