A Life Lesson In Goals
Can it really be New Years Eve already? Twenty fifteen just hours away. Subzero temps are attempting to make me believe, but I’m still in denial. Denial that another year went by and we are at the threshold of another. This time of year has always had mixed emotions for me. Panic and disappointment can come on strong. Yet, there’s an air of excitement and anticipation that anything is possible in the next year, and damn it, it’s going to be THE year to change the world. I’ve had a love hate relationship with goals and setting new ones. You can’t be disappointing if you never try right? Man that’s shitty thinking.
This past year has been so heavy on the personal growth charts that’s it’s hard to think I didn’t accomplish much. I did. I found who I was and actually feel comfortable being that person! For me that is HUGE. I’m ok with writing to you and saying what’s on my heart. I compare less and give thanks more. I embrace what I love even if it seems crazy. I’m comfortable being a mom and knowing that I will make mistakes, but there’s grace to catch me. I love more deeply then I thought was possible.
This last year I’ve learned so much about setting goals, keeping then, and actually achieving them. And honestly I’ve been doing it all wrong in the past. Learning to achieve my goals has been the biggest life lesson I could have never guessed I needed to learn. It’s a lesson that I feel a lot of people miss too. Sharing what I’ve learned over the past year is the best way to truly live my words and ingrain what I’ve learned.
We all set goals at some point in our lives. It may take the shape of a dream or a wish, but it’s a goal we wish to accomplish in the future. Everything we’ve ever wanted began as a thought. The desire was born in our imagination. It’s a human right and need to have dreams and goals. It’s what gives life a direction and meaning. Without goals, you’re left being thrown around by life and wondering why you can’t get ahead or change anything. Your life will not change without first saying you want something different, finding clarity in that dream, and working towards it. Bottom line. I choose to live my life on purpose. I choose to listen to my inner guide and set goals that I know are meant to change me or others around me. What I didn’t understand in years past is there’s so much more to goals then simply writing them on paper. You have to live and breath life into them. They will not mean anything until you do. Think about these steps when you’re making your 2015 goals and you’ll be one step closer to achieving them by December 2015.
1. Get quiet. Meditate, prayer, journal, whatever works for you, but get quiet. Learn to listen to that inner voice, it’s a genius and knows exactly what you need and where you need to go. Go there.
2. Write your goal and why you want it, put it where you’ll see it EVERY SINGLE DAY. It has to be in your mind always. If you forget it, it’ll forget you.
3. Have faith. You can’t skip this one. I did for years. If right off the bat you don’t believe it’s possible to loose weight, get married, have kids, whatever, it won’t happen. You have to have unwavering faith that it’s possible. Make it easier and hold in your mind what it looks like, feels like, tastes like to live that life.
4. Every day ask your inner voice what you can do to move towards your goal. Then go do it. Don’t ask why. Sounds hippie, but I truly believe that inner voice of yours is pretty smart.
5. Don’t give up. There are bound to be days that it feels like it will never happen. Life gets in the way. But have faith, find your vision and know without a shadow of doubt that will be reality. Your reality.
So much of this process is so new to me, only the last few months have I truly understood on a heart level. I’m taking these deep personal life lessons with me moving into 2015 and setting goals that I know without a shadow of doubt I can accomplish. I know this year will be challenging (having another baby for one) but I know that my inner voice never steers me wrong. It’s always exactly what I needed.
This year has been amazing thanks in no small part because of my stellar clients. They believed in me when I didn’t. My gratitude is higher then the mountains. And Thank you to my husband who has and continues to believe in me no matter what. I know that this year is different, whatever my goals end up being. I can’t wait to read this in 12 months!
Do you struggle with goals and achieving them? I’d love to hear, write a comment below.
xoxo – Rachael
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