Goals for the New Year
New Year's Resolutions have never really worked for me.
The idea of New Year's resolutions is great, but hard to follow through with. Keeping those goals top of mind throughout the year when regular life stuff, work and
other distractions take precedence isn't easy to do.
Over the last few months, the one thing that's popped into my head
is that I'm often apologizing for being me or not being confident in the decisions I've made. I don't necessarily make apologies verbally, but often in my head thinking "Man, I should really be dressing this way, or making that much money, or doing this for work, or seeing my friends more, or going to these events or volunteering/running/cooking/learning more..." The list goes on.
So the goal for 2012 (among other things), is to be bold
and stay true to what I want and who I am. Apologizing and feeling sorry
for not being how others might expect you to be (or how others are)
doesn't work. And beating yourself up for not being superhuman isn't helpful either. But that's part of the growing process - realizing that
you are great for who you are and how the universe made you. And we all benefit by being our authentic selves.
Photo thanks to Mom during breakfast at Besaw's in Portland, OR last weekend. So delicious!
How will I do this? Honestly, I don't have all the answers. My goal is to focus on the little things I can do to work toward the bigger goals in my life. After all, saying "I want to be able to run a marathon tomorrow." is less motivating than saying "Tomorrow I'm going to run 5 miles and build from there."
Baby steps...
Do you have a goal or focus for 2012? It feels like 2011 flew by. I wouldn't mind if 2012 slowed down juuust a tad.
2010 Recap Maybe I should do a recap of 2011?
Comments
I think that is a great goal for 2012. For whatever reason, I feel like women tend to sort of apologize for the people we are. Or we use self-deprecating humor to sort of laugh off qualities we have. I do this in terms of my inability to stay out late (and lack of interest in going out) or about my type A personality, at times. But I have gotten better at just owning the fact that I prefer a night in with friends or a dinner out than going to the bar. And I try to embrace the fact that I am really type A instead of making fun of that aspect of my personality.
Here is to a wonderful 2012. I can't wait to see what the year holds for both of us! And hopefully I will find some way to see you again! :)