Traditions for YOU







Pick a theme for your life and pick something for this year that supports that (word, phrase, picture, song, scripture, etc.)Create a vision boardWrite a "Not to do" list for this year which could include things like







Examples are







Stop trying to please everyone.







Stop being a perfectionist.







Stop trying to do everything.







Stop worrying about things that are out of your control.







Stop beating yourself up for making mistakes.







Stop trying to change other people.







Stope spending time with people who don’t build you up.







For your FAMILY







Pick special meals for New Year’s Eve and New Years Day - We do cheese and chocolate fondue for New Year’s Eve and black eye soup with monkey bread for New Year’s Day.  Every bowl of black eye soup brings you luck and for you get a piece of monkey bread for every bowl you eat.Janis the dragon - take a sheet of paper and fold it in half and write the previous year on the top of the left side and write the new year on the top of the right side of the sheet of paper.  Everyone in the family should have their own sheet.  On the left side, you draw all of the things that happened that year (vacations, special events, achievements) and then write all of the things that are going to happen or goals that you have for the new year.  Let everyone have about 20 - 30 min. to draw theirs and then share.Do a Year in Review - collect all the photos you’ve taken this year and put the special ones that you love into a folder in iphoto and then set it to music and watch it as a family.Make a “family to do” list for the new year and get many of those items on the calendarPick a theme for your family.  If you didn’t do this at the beginning of the school year, this is the perfect time to start.  It could be a quote, phrase, scripture, etc.