Happy New Year!

 Welcome 2014!  I'd say time has flown by and it doesn't seem like January should be here yet, but time is always moving faster than we'd like, so much so that it's the norm.  Regardless, 2013 is another year in the book, and we are marching on into a new one.  I'm not here to write one of those prototypical New Years posts you see everyone rushing to post at 12:01, detailing all the bad habits they're giving up, volunteering they'll start, you know, how they'll basically be transformed overnight. Don't get me wrong setting goals (even lofty ones) is undoubtably a key to success, but I've never been a big believer in New Years resolutions.  If we want to change and be truly committed to it, it has to happen in a meaningful way and at a meaningful time, not just because of an arbitrary calendar turn.  New Years resolutions imply that we have to wait for a certain big moment to start a new commitment, when smaller opportunities are all around us everyday. Not to mention that by February or March the vast majority of resolutioners (maybe my resolution should be to make up more new words!!!) can't even remember what it is they committed themselves too.  

It takes a lot of work for something to turn from an idealistic vision in your head, to something you do when you have time, into a habit and way of life.  The road to self improvement will inevitably include a mistake or two or twenty.  And it's often those slip-ups that totally derail people from their goals.  I said I wanted to go for a run everyday, and now I missed a day so I might as well give up, I didn't keep my resolution.  NOOO!  It's about the forward progress you make, not whether or not you did what you said you wanted to at 12:01. All that being said, I DO want to make a commitment to myself and to all you out there to be more vigilant about posting on this site.  One new recipe a week is my goal!  Here's to a new year and some new posts!