As we continue to ring in the new year, how long does the feeling of "new" continue on? New Year's resolutions, a new slate, time to re-invent ourselves. A time to think about new adventures for the next year. And for some of us, we loathe New Year's - but far deep in our minds and even hearts we are thinking and feeling, 'what lies ahead this next year?' Perhaps we even look back on last year and think, 'what a great year that was' or 'I am glad THAT is over, time for a fresh start.'
I think this time of year some of us get so wrapped up in the things we "want to be" that we lose focus on "who we are." I've always been a firm believer that our inner core values and ethics will always be with us, but our daily decisions are what guide us and make us who we are. So what does that mean? Well, as you are looking down that 2011 road, what do you want to get out of it? Where do you want to take it? Those might be the first questions you ask yourself. And they are certainly important ones to find the answers to. But in order to realistically drive down that 2011 road, maybe we should begin to ask ourselves, "where am I right now?", "What have I accomplished last year and the years prior?", "What steps do I have to take in order to drive down that 2011 road?"
There are so many things to consider when you are getting ready for another great year. Just don't sell yourself short of what you are truly capable of. You hold the reigns and have the ability to live your life on your own terms and strive for goals YOU want to achieve. But before you start on your way, take time to reflect on what you have learned from your previous accomplishments because that is what will give you warp speed when you begin to travel down that new road.
Good call, Mike!
ReplyDeleteI think you're right in that people do focus so much on reinventing themselves, that they tend to neglect how they arrived at the crossroad. Maybe emotion is to blame--in times of strife we desperately run toward any beacon of change, allowing wild pursuits of greener pastures to cause us to stumble and fall over our own 2 feet. Perhaps to really support change within ourselves we need to be more conscious of the process, taking care not to always escape to what we think might be better; but instead truly embrace a reinvention that will eventually, over time, leave us nothing left from which we WANT to run. In careful and conscious pursuit of passion, ultimately all the pieces will gracefully make their way home...
Thanks for the insight and best of luck in your journey through 2011!