It's future Mindy again! Here to give you a little advice about your up coming year.
Let me just say, this year is awesome! Full of adventures and firsts and fun!
Work towards those new years goals you have. Read over them and make them important.
Take heart: you get a new job! Your time at Heritage, thought fun and important, comes to an end! This new job comes very soon after the new year. Learn to love your job, love your co-workers, and love learning about everything.
Remember how you started running? You LOVE it. It's your new obsession. You love to run, love to race, and love to dream about reaching your goals. Run as much as you can. But, when your leg starts to hurt, REST. Rest it and let it heal before you really hurt it and break it and are unable to run for a few months. But that's just a suggestion.
Running does more for you than just running. It helps you realize you can reach goals and do things you never thought you could ever like. Like HIKING. You love hiking now! And you finally Hike to the very very top of Timp this year! Can you believe it?!? And can you even wait?
Go on trips and adventures. It won't be hard to convince you to take adventures to new places. Visit mom's family and get to know them better. They are fantastic people. Go to Katy's wedding. Have fun, take pictures, and remember not to stress about things you can't control. Like planes that are delayed, packing the car perfectly, or summer ending.
For some reason this year you are susceptible to getting depressed about summer ending. Don't be sad. Remember that change is not bad, that things have to keep moving forward, and summer always comes back around.
Get involved in your ward. Try to go as much as you can, especially in the summer. Try to go to activities, even if they sound lame. Learn people's names. Or else you'll end up in your ward in September, realizing you only know names of about 10 people and YOU'RE the one that feels new. Welcome new callings. Open yourself up to liking people. Read your scriptures.
Don't let your work schedule get you down. For the most part, it works out really well and to your advantage. Don't let other people take advantage of you because you won't say anything. Say something. But remember that work is just a job and it's not your life. Your life is a lot better.
Anyway, your year is really quite great and adventurous. Live it up and love it! The end of this year is a great set up to having a fantastic 2014. I can't wait to live it!
Love,
Mindy of January 2014
