This past year i wanted to find more balance and peace. I wanted to grow in maturity and in inner strength to overcome obstacles. I wanted to become more responsible and independent. And I think i did grow in these things. Sometimes progress is never simply moving forward. Sometimes we really need to face ourselves and ask ourselves who we are and who we want to be. I feel like i often have to confront myself and challenge myself to be better. I sometimes wrestle with pessimism and perfectionism which can be very self-defeating. I'm either angry at myself, too critical on my mistakes or too lazy to try and change. But it's in the process of overcoming our internal battles, our pain and times of discouragement that makes us stronger. Ultimately it's finding our identity in Christ that really gives us the power to change. Overall I think the two things i really learned this year were self-love and self-confidence, and i guess they're very interrelated. These are definitely areas that i still need to work on.
Making new year's resolutions is easy. Keeping them is the hard part.
