Changes and WTF? Moments
At this time of year, I become one of those types of people that seem to be surprised that a new year is about to begin, as if the start of the holiday season was not enough of a heads up for me. With that knowledge, begins a process of looking back on my accomplishments, lessons learned and changes.
A number of years ago, I decided to make a goal list of the things that I would like to achieve in the coming year. These aspirations are both personal and career focused. Now, every New Years eve, I write up a new list and then seal it with a wax seal*, creating a carefully designed package that is then tucked away and not opened again until New Years Eve of the following year.
Why do I do this you ask (cheeky grim inserted here-whether you asked or not, I am obviously going to answer the question)? It is always a bit nostalgic for me to look over my goals from a year ago and see what I have accomplished. It is a confidence booster to see all these “things” that I set out to do have been achieved. However, my favorite part of this exercise, is seeing the things on my list that I did not achieve. Many of these are things I forgot about and all are things that I no longer desire. As I sit and read over this list, I sometimes gasp at the things that I once thought were important benchmarks. I often giggle at some of the other desires and then there are the occasional scratching of the head with a wtf? expression.
Somewhere, as the year rolls along lessons have been learned and therefore aspirations and desires have changed. Some years have less changes then others. 2011 was a big game changer for me personally. So, it will be particularly interesting to open up my list from the close of 2011.
As I begin to think about my dreams and aspirations for 2012, I wish all of you a very happy new year. May all your wishes come true and may your lessons learned bring you gasps and giggles of delight and very few wtf? moments.
Cheers!
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