"The Stars Look Very Different Today"

I started out this year feeling really positive, but a week and a day back at work, my outlook is bleak and I don't know how I feel I can achieve everything I want to do this year. I even told myself off for not doing any of my goals yet for 2016, it's only the 11, Jen, give yourself time!!

So let's take a look at what I have achieved so far.

1. I've spoken to two people about articles in different online publications relating to Paganism. I even have ideas for those articles (one of which I had further ideas for earlier) so once I get a bit of spare time I will be getting on with those.

2. I've gone back to Weight Watchers and (all going well) I will be losing at least 3lb tomorrow. That's 3lb of my Christmas weight gone, go me, right?

3. I've started looking into the exercise side of my goals, I am going to need to get myself some decent trainers but at least the thought process is there and research has gone into what trainers I am going to need so I can get on with that too.

4. I've started to plan my evenings so I am making the utter most of them. This week I shall mostly be trying to kickstart a bunch of pagan stuff with doing little bits here and there. Shouldn't be any more than about 30 minutes a night, giving myself Friday to complete anything I wasn't able to complete through the week.

5. I'm cooking more from scratch (ok, not tonight) but I've already made a bunch of healthy dinners for husband and I, so thats another goal I'm working towards.

6. I've painted, it was only a little canvas but it was an idea I wanted to work with for a little hwile now and I've progressed and achieved that. Another step towards another goal.

7. Another thing that isn't a goal but is helping is not being on Whatsapp all the time. It's become my new MSN Messenger (google it kids) and it really rather needs to stop!

8. Successfully blogged again!

I've had a few more ideas on what I want to do for 2016 so the goals are there ticking in the back of my mind but that's about it. I just need to get on with it really. I knew being back to work would be a struggle but I need to try and find a balance, I'll get there :) And I will achieve awesome things.

As a final word I just want to pay tribute to David Bowie. I'm not his largest fan and a lot of his back catalogue I don't know. I know the famous ones that everyone else ever seems to know. But he's a legend, he's always been in the background of my life. I've never quite been able to imagine a world without Bowie.

Goodbye, Major Tom, may God's love be with you.

I don't end with a video of Bowie, but possibly the best tribute to a Bowie song in the most appropriate setting ever.