It's hard to believe it's already that time of year, the holidays are upon us and before you know it, the New Year.  Maybe it's because I am getting older, or if the last couple of years have just been... hard.  But setting a focus for not only my business, but my home life, my family life, and just well, my life seems more important than ever.  I have spent the last few months being overwhelmed and anxious, and it just really comes down to a need to refocus on the things that matter most.

A New Year is the perfect time to do this.  The end of the year seems like the closing of a chapter, where we can begin a new story if we want to, on January 1st.  Whether its a focus on family, home, health, lifestyle, picking up a new hobby, or reconnecting with the past.  We judge a lot of things by the way they turn out, even our years.  We judge them on the outcome, and don't look at the moments that really matter, the shining moments throughout the year.

Our days are busier than ever, with convenience also comes the pressure to do more, have more, BE more.  Is this really what life is about? Focusing on the outcome of doing all the things?  It's time we make a case for all the things being just some of the things.  Refocusing on what's important, what really matters.

With that in mind, here are my plans for the New Year

• More time in the garden

• More fishing and camping

• More time for myself

• More photos! (here and for myself)

And that's it.  The case for just some of the things.

- becky