The Alice

I was tagged by the gorgeous Notes to Self last week to take part in her new meme. As I am slack I am coming to this a week late, sorry dear Notes!

She had the brilliant idea to start a meme that would make us bloggers think about a subject that is fairly dear to me at the moment in particular; ourselves. Notes has always been somewhat of a hero to me in that she is an advocate for the fact that although we are mothers, we are women first. And that we need to be true to ourselves and retain a sense of ‘ME’.

Notes will pose to us a question every Friday, which we can ponder over the weekend. This week’s question is:

What do you want for you in 2011?

I have already written about my New Year intentions, but this made me think harder about what I wanted for MYSELF.

Aside from material things (namely shoes, dresses and an iPad!) there are a dew changes I’d like to make to my life this year. I want to find a happy work/life balance – working is important to me and it’s something I want to continue to do as much as possible. It makes me value my time with Elfie so much more.

I need to find out where I want to be living, and make steps to move there. Moving back to Nottingham was always going to be a temporary measure, and recently I’ve been feeling more and more that I’m just not happy here. I was trying to explain my dissatisfaction with where we live to a friend recently, and my feelings on the matter are pretty tough to decipher. I miss the aspiration of our friends in London, the excitement of the city and the abundance of people on my wavelength. I need to work out if the financial sacrifice will be worth moving back to London for a couple of years, or if we need to look somewhere slightly cheaper but with the same vibe. Brighton? The dream would be to move to New York though I’m not sure quite how realistic this is!

I want to take care of myself. This means facials, hair cuts, nights out… yes, I am terribly shallow, but looking good on the outside makes me feel good on the inside. That’s just who I am. This includes losing weight, not so much fun but definitely necessary!

Go to Notes to take part yourself.

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