So, We’ve Come to the End of the Road….

December 31, 2014 by Jill Schneiderman 4 Comments

In the words of the immortal band, Boyz 2 Men,  that I’ve never been a big fan of, we’ve come to the end of the road.  I’ve committed to writing this blog for a year and that time has now come to a close.  I’m not sure if I’ll continue on or not, that remains to be seen and what is life without a cliffhanger?  This year, there have been peaks and valleys.  I think I’ve learned more in the past few years, then I have in the sum total of my life and this year was no different.  Here are some life lessons for you to consider as we change calendars:

• The worst thing to live with is regret so don’t put things off, you never know what tomorrow will bring
• It’s better to be kind sometimes, than to be right (and it pains me to say that)
• No matter how type A you are, some things are beyond your control (huge pain saying that too)
• It’s ok to be selfish at times (as long as it’s not to the detriment of someone else)
• You have to try things that are either outside of your comfort zone or that scare you – life is too short not to try things at least once
• You know how I like to quote cheesy songs, so in the words of Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney’s “Ebony and Ivory” – there is good and bad in everyone.  I felt that I had to quote Stevie Wonder at least once since I got bored and left his concert

Here are some peaks for my year:

• Keeping up with this blog no matter how out of control my work load was.  It helped me cross one item off of my bucket list
• I kept my New Year’s Resolution to make my health a priority – I had a mammogram, had blood work done, and changed some bad habits (although there is still room for improvement)
• Finding Deepak Chopra – it’s the first time I’ve connected to anything self help and although some of what he says is beyond me, or could be construed as hooey – like Dr. Oz, you can pick and choose and find out a lot of insightful information
• The trips that I took.  The ultimate peak was hiking to a glacier
• Knowing that I can take a cyber break and be ok (and you can too)
• Finding something to be grateful for every single day
• Having moments where I actually felt good again
• The people that I spent time with including family and friends (old and new and those that I got to reconnect with)
• Getting to watch my niece graduate from college
• Seeing my mother at her 75th birthday party

Here are the valleys:

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• Let’s not focus on the valleys – we all have trials and tribulations to deal with and after the trauma of 2012 and 2013, life really wasn’t so bad this year

Here is a quick summary of my Oz Journey:

Pounds lost – 17

Items banished through decluttering – 214

Items sold on Kijiji – 3

Meditations that I tried – 63

Times where I actually meditated – 1 (I think)

Bottles of probiotics used – 3

Bottles of Vitamin D used – 1.5 (they were big bottles)

Containers of flax – 3

Nuts consumed – can’t count that high, but maybe in the hundreds of thousands

Shampoo mohawks made since I found out they could damage your hair – 1 – I slipped

Times per week that I exfoliate my skin – 1 as Dr. Oz recommends

Reams of paper shredded – 1

Number of page views – almost 5,000

Number of posts that I’ve written – 176 including this one

Knowledge gained – immense

Gratitude to you, my readers – immeasurable

I wish you all good health and great happiness in 2015 and whether I continue on with this blog or not, I will forever be…

Gratefully yours,

Jill