Hi guys!
2017 is coming to an end, so I just wanted
to make this video about how we can keep that
mindset of living a more simple life in moving
into 2018, how can be bring it with us, in some
practical ways and in the mindset way.
And then I also have an exciting giveaway
in the end!
I'm so glad you're here, let's get started!
I always get really excited about Christmas
and if you know me you know this that I go
all out in decorations, I love the whole thing
of it, I watch Christmas movies, I love shopping
for gifts I love all of that stuff.
But one thing that is just as exciting for
me is new years.
Because, new years, you kind of get that clean
slate, you have this whole new year and you
can do with it whatever you want, and I love
spending my December kind of reflecting back
on what was good this past year and what didn't
work, what do I need to fine-tune, are there
any big things that I want to change up.
And one of the ways that I've done that a
few years back, I use Susannah Conway's e-book,
it's not really a book - you can go to her
site, I'll find the link and leave it down
in the description.
Every year she does this kind of downloadable
booklet.
It's a bunch of PDF's, I think maybe you have
to sign up for her blog or something to get
it, but that's it, so it's completely free,
and you get this bunch of questions.
She puts in a lot of questions to make you
reflect on how was this in your life in 2017,
and how did that work out and what really
filled you up and what drained you, all of
these kind of questions and then of course
moving into actions points stuff.
It's a really tangible thing that you can
do, you can just print out those pages and
just follow the questions along.
I haven't done it for the past few years because
now I've kind of gone into the habit of doing
it on my own, but it's a really great way
to get started.
So for me, I always look into any practices
in my life that I want to that I want to change
up next year, always kind of keeping that
mindset of: keep it simple!
So I don't go into a lot of details but, for
instance, this year I worked with a nutritionist
and I worked on my diet because I had some
health problems.
I was really struggling with being tired and
having stomach aches and stuff like that.
It's not completely gone but I've worked on
it and now it's kind of enough of a rutine
that it's not a new thing that I need to take
on for 2018.
What I think I might need to do is for 2018,
I wanna work on the physical stuff of being
active and getting some exercise in.
And what I do in these next year reflections
is not to set a goal like: I want to lose
this amount of kilos or I wanna run a marathon
I don't make it that specific, I just focus on an area, so I'm like I think of ways I can become more active
One of the things that I really wanted to do is to get a new bike. I finally sold my old camper -
- and that gave me some money, so now I can actually go out and by a new bike.
So I've kind of been waiting for that, and I'm hoping that when January comes along maybe I'll find a good sale
or something. So that's one thing that I really wanna do is to get a baby seat for my bike
and then get out into nature and get the fresh air and just get out and move around more.
So that is one thing, I'm not gonna put 
 X amount of times a week I need to do this
That's not how I work. But biking is probably one thing that I can do, and then the other things that I'm probably
gonna do is just walking and maybe some rope skipping, something I can do at home that doesn't take up a lot
of time - for me personally, I'm not good with going to the gym and having all those memberships and all of
that stuff, I just want it to be simple and I want to be able to do it here or close to home
That's the only way I'm gonna get it done. But being physically active is definitely on my list for next year.
I also have a point on there where I kind of go through: how do I want my friends and life to be, like
Just look back really fast: have I been the kind of friend this year that I want to be? Do I prioritize my friends
enough, so I call them enough, especially after I've had Max - do I visit them enough? A lot of my friends
they live in Copenhagen, and that's three hours from here, and I deal a lot with motion sickness, so it's
difficult for me to just go.
That's something that I might change in 2018, I might look into going on a few trips with some friends,
and really prioritizing that. So, just look into: are you the kind of mom, friend, spouse,  you want to be?
