I give myself permission

I give myself permission

I saw on Your Home Based Mom blog that instead of making new years resolutions she has a Word or Statement of the year that she tries to live by. The more I thought about it the more I liked the idea, so this year I’ve decided to make my word of the year Permission. I actually started this list several years ago. I recently stumbled across it and when I read over it, I realized that I had accomplished some of these things and I really feel good about it so this year I will continue to give myself permission to:

Be creative

Use my hands to express myself

Paint from my soul

Laugh at silly jokes

Try new things

Do something no one has done before

Sing at the top of my lungs

Dance in the wind before a storm, naked if I want too

Make something I’ve never seen

Sew without using a pattern

Draw on the wall

Create another world

Write down my inner most thoughts

Think with abandon

Cry

Laugh

Shout

Be quiet

Do absolutely nothing

Take naps

Call in sick even if I don’t feel that bad

Be hopeful

Be honest with myself

Sew

Create even when the house is dirty

Call my kids and tell them I love them in the middle of the day

Get together with friends just because

Entertain even when the house isn’t ‘that’ clean

Hug someone when they look like they need it

Tell my friends that I love them

Start fresh

Start a resolution as many times as I need to

Enjoy a sunset or sunrise

Sit quietly

Be by myself

Say thank you

Smile at strangers

Eat healthy and then have a dessert if I want one

Rent a movie that I want to watch

Give money to a homeless person

Not be too cool to show enthusiasm

Think outside the box

Work hard and play hard

Be me, who ever that is

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What will your word of the year be?