Happy new year everyone! Better late than never right?
With the beginning of a new year, everyone is in the zone of reflecting and setting new goals. All we hear is " new year, new me" and in a sense - yes.
Better yet, New Year, Best Me.
A little family tradition that I love, is getting together to write family and individual goals. Over the years I have learned to be more realistic with my goals, push myself, and most importantly not to beat myself up for the things I didn't accomplish. Because although we might have not accomplished some things on our list, we might have accomplished others much greater.
Over the course of the past two years I have made a lot of changes to better my mind, body, and soul; especially this past year. I decided to come to Guatemala to spend time with my grandparents and take advantage of the free time to take care of myself. Like I mentioned in my previous posts I had gotten into the bad habit of putting everyone and everything before me. It's not a bad thing to serve others, but it is when you let go of your needs. I had a serious reality check and had to refocus. So in June I added new goals to my list.
I have to say that even though I had a late start with some of my goals, I did pretty well. I started the new year 66 lbs lighter, I've eliminated toxic relationships, spent more time with family, I feel better about myself, have a healthier life style, and most importantly I am happy where I am and where I am headed.
I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist with some things and extremely hard on myself when things don't turn out the way I want them. I have been working on changing that mindset to work to my advantage. Instead of getting down on myself for a setback or a smaller success than the one planned, I'm using it as motivation for a comeback. We don't realize how powerful our mind can be and many times our our biggest obstacle is us.
I challenge you to write down ALL your goals (big or small) and don't be afraid to add or change some of those goals throughout the year. Also, write down EVERYTHING you accomplished this past year ( Did you travel? Where? Finish school? Passed your classes? Got healthier? Purchased a car or a house? Spent more time with family? Kept your house/room clean? Read? Focused on you? Saved money? Got a promotion? Found yourself? Let go of toxic relationships, thoughts, or ideas?) Write it ALL down. You will soon realize you have done so much!
You are all amazing people, capable of so much. It's time to become the best version of yourself and be happy.
May this new year be full of blessings, adventures, health, and love. Looking forward to a year full of changes and showing the world the best version of myself.
