Being Me: Week 52

 "What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as

what you become by achieving your goals."

Being Me: Week 52

 I cannot believe how quickly 52 weeks went by and in that fifty-two weeks, I set a goal to write weekly short stories with monthly themes, and I did it!

I believe the biggest lesson from goals is that you don't always have to achieve them to improve. In fact, even with this goal on writing every week, during our move from our house to apartment, for several weeks I didn't write at all. But that did not mean I needed to give up on my goal.

As with any goal, it is the small steps you do consistently that create the change we are seeking, so just because you happen to miss a day, week or even month, you don't have to abandon your goal till next year...

And so as I end this series with some time to spare, I will reflect on what I learned and where to go from here. I will keep writing, a promise I keep to myself, and for 2020, I will continue to set goals that help me reach for something more, be open to learn and as time does its thing and slowly slips by, I will continue my growth along the way.

 Themes for each month to journal, create or contemplate on your journey

• January - The best time for new beginnings is now

1. Morning routine
2. Mission statement
3. Create your YES list
4. Goals, baby steps, tiny promises
5. Putting it in motion

• February - Before anything else, find yourself, be yourself and love yourself

1. Take care of your body
2. Meditation and solitude
3. Food choices and ideas for change
4. What makes you happy

• March - All you need is tea and warm socks

1. Enjoy the simple things
2. Letting go of thoughts and things
3. Both hands
4. Mindfulness (social media and smart phones)
5. Setting intentions

• April - Water your roots so your soul can blossom

1. Water and other things we need to grow
2. Time to blossom
3. The 3 R's
4. Forgiveness

• May -  The difference between a flower and a weed is judgment

1. Stop judging yourself and others (why we judge)
2. The grass isn't always greener
3. Love is the absence of judgement
4. Stop judging yourself if you don't want to be judged

• June - Believe you can and your halfway there

1. Believe in yourself
2. Believe in others
3. What thoughts have distorted our beliefs
4. Invest in yourself

• July - Bold stripes, bright stars, brave hearts

1. Integrity
2. Taking risks
3. Abundance
4. Let your light shine

• August - We are who we choose to be

1. Who do you think you are

• September - Sometimes we can learn and study & know, and sometimes we have to believe, trust and hope

1. What do you know to be true of you
2. Books that create thought
3. What holds you back
4. Trust yourself
5. Hope means your ready to see the good in tomorrow

• October - We can't become what we want by remaining what we are

1. Do the work if you want change
2. A mind stretched can never go back
3. Healthier is not just what your eating, but what you think and say
4. In the end we only regret the chance we did not take

• November - Small seeds of gratitude will provide a harvest of hope

1. Count your rainbows not your thunderstorms
2. What consumes your mind controls your life
3. Be grateful when things are going your way. Be graceful when they are not
4. Interrupt anxiety with gratitude

• December - Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of hope

1. Be the reason someone smiles today
2. Sometimes giving back can actually save you

 Mission Statement:  I will improve my overall health and wellness, use kindness and inspiration with a vision that creates  a community of giving and in doing so achieve my purpose in this life.   

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