Why? What is wrong with the old me?!

I may be biased, but I don’t think I need a new me, I can make a few tweaks but largely aim to remain the original version.

Don’t get me wrong, the start of a new year is a good time to review the previous year, highs and lows, and have a think about the year ahead too, but I will not be getting hung up on anything major this year.

January is a strange month, where I try to make a few changes, eat a bit better (can’t be worse than the pringles and rocher with wine for two weeks over Christmas) then these good intentions do slip as the year goes on….but at least it started well.

The Christmas break was gooood this year mind. No lockdown 👏 which means we had a couple of nights away in December, and we have been out socialising too 🥂. Soooo good to see people again in a more normal way. Drinks with friends, just lovely! We are lucky to have some nice places close by to eat and drink now too, so it was only polite to make the most of the facilities.

Im even going out tonight. Im looking forward, and a bit nervous. Looking forward to seeing friends, nervous because my job is to bring the pudding and Im worried they wont like it🙈. My solution to this concern is to take a nice bottle with me too so they can drink through it then.

I have started thinking about the year ahead, with some ideas on what I would like to achieve (more for direction) and the one I am most excited about is to travel more.

My husband told me his hobby is travelling, and I had never really considered it as a hobby before, so this year we will take time to travel and see new places, but also to visit places we really love. Home and away hopefully….I like the ☀️.

So January, let’s get through January, get the sheep shed ready, get the sheep scanned and get organised before the ladies come in. Then February, a short month which consists of sheep jobs and the Six Nations rugby. March, all about sheep! April, still about sheep but hopefully a bit of time away from the ladies near the end of the month.

May is a good month, my birthday! 42 this year….woop 🙌. June, Mam will be 70. June part 2, we have a little holiday booked. July….Royal Welsh Show. August, bank holiday and Chris’s birthday.

It doesn’t take much time to get through a year really, I like that the first part is about preparing, then we get busy and then we have hols and events, and autumn is such a beautiful month (when not wet). Then we arrive at Christmas again.

I’m mainly positive, but this weather is not so much fun, hard to get out for walks with Mali when we are drenched by the time we get to the gate☔️, but as I am typing….there is a little sun over there in the distance.

I wish you all a very healthy, happy and prosperous 2023, may it bring much joy to your world.

I do have one resolution that I am making, (which ties in with being the original Alison), and that is to trust my gut more. My brain is no more clever (and my belly is way bigger 😂) so I am going to listen to my gut for 2023…and beyond….if it works out 🤞🤞🤞

#followyourgut #doyourthing

Thank you for reading x