Happy New Year
I don’t do resolutions.
Instead, every year I take stock of what I’ve accomplished and what I have yet to do. I settle in with my coffee, computer and my Trello board and I mark off and marvel at all the things myself and my family have accomplished. I then make new plans and new goals for the upcoming year. This is the fun part. The dreaming part. What can we do, where can we go, what can we learn?
I have everything broken down into different categories (hello 3 wing!) work, personal, spiritual, travel, marriage, kids, financial, ect. These are always realistic goals. We set ourselves up for success here. We don’t want to be disappointed with ourselves when we don’t get to check off “fly to the moon.” I want to be able to check things off as I go along throughout the year. At the end of the year when I look at my completed column I’m flooded with memories, a sense of accomplishment, and gratitude. We get so busy it would be easy to forget everything, every victory - especially the small ones we are just as proud of. Reviewing that completed column one by one, l let each victory have it’s moment.
Looking over the goals and plans I lovingly made December 31, 2019 I think “Bless my heart.”
And then I think “Oh well.” We cannot dwell on what might’ve been, what we missed, what we didn’t get to do, where we didn’t get to go. What we all need, all the time but particularly after this past year is a healthy helping of grace. Is my family healthy? Yes. Is everyone okay? Yes. Is everyone happy? Yes. Is anyone in jail? No. Did everyone make it out alive? Yes.
2020 Goals Accomplished.
Looking ahead I have great hope for the future. I have no idea what will happen but I have learned I can adapt. There’s not one area of my life or routine that wasn’t completely upended this past year and I adapted. I can do this. You can do this. We can do hard things.
I do not dare say 2021 will be better or ask how could it ever be worse or declare it’s all uphill from here because the devil might be listening. I will just plan on taking things one day, one hour, one minute at time. I will revel in the little moments, delight in the big ones, spend time with my family, and just do what I can. Occasionally, if I feel up to it, I might even do my best.
Wishing you all so much joy in the New Year. You deserve it.