Ahoy mates! I felt compelled to give you all an update on those lofty 2019 goals I posted back in January – especially for those of you that tossed your own overboard.
After crushing my 2018 goals, I was very excited to conquer this year as well… However, as the year has progressed and I continued going back to them – I realized something. I created those because I felt I needed to. In reality that wasn’t at all what I needed this year. 2019 has been such an ebb and flow year for me. Circling back to that long list of goals was something that ultimately was stressing me out – so I threw them overboard.
I’m not throwing those goals away; obviously they meant something to me. They now will be something I possibly have already achieved, will at a later time, or will return to a year to two. And that’s ok.
Moving forward, I’m going to approach my goals as dreams instead. Looking at a goal, I feel I need a strategy and an objective to achieve it. For those that know me, know I’m less logic based and more emotion centric – so going after my aspirations in a more imaginative way seems what is best for me right now.
Shifting ones mindset and resetting is integral to change and growth. 2019 has been a year so far – mostly great, a few scares and wipeouts in between.
I shock myself with how much I’ve grown and changed in just the last year. I forget to take a moment and appreciate how far I’ve come. I’m aware of how much further I have to go, but that doesn’t diminish the self-progress I’ve made thus far.
I’ve recently wanted to re-balance and find myself again. I think it’s easy to lose oneself when life is happening at full speed and you find yourself gasping for air to stay afloat. That has been me lately and I’ve decided it’s time for a slow down.
This blog addition is really for me to simply say, life has been moving too fast and perhaps that’s why I haven’t been posting too much. I’m reeling myself back in. If you’re finding yourself feeling in a similar boat, take a step back and let the winds catch your sails and send them back to you.
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” – Anne Lamott
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