Goals

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"If you are tired of starting over, stop giving up." - Unknown

It is the first day of another new month!..December!!!
Can you tell that I am excited?!
I am completely happy for a lot of reasons, two of which are 1.) We all made it to the last month of 2015. 2.) Christmas is in a couple of days! #Yes

But with all the excitement comes the serious, realistic thought, "What did I achieve in the last 11 months?" . You see, I am not the "New Year Resolution" type of person. I learnt, years ago, that New Year Resolutions do not work for me. I have issues with seeing it all through. The longest I have worked at one was for 3 weeks. And by the second week, I was struggling to keep on pushing. When I did give up the struggle, I felt such relief. I did not know that I had been suffering. I realised then that I had not been doing it the right way, or for the right reasons.

During one of my "ME" times, *this is when I talk to myself. And no! I'm not mad.* I thought of  what I wanted from life, the direction I wanted my life to go in, and all that. I wrote everything down, the important, silly, and extremely crazy ones. I wrote them all down. Then I went back to each one and wrote how I wanted to tackle each, the time frame within which to deal with it, a scale of importance for which to begin with and which to end with. That made it easier. I had a clear picture of my life as regards the things I needed done. That was 2013.

Fast forward to 2015. I had a 'not-so-different' strategy. This year, I wrote my plans on my paperback notebook, and duplicated it in the notes on every electronic gadget I had. So in one way or the other, my plans were always with me. This helped me make adjustments when necessary. This was better. Easier to commit to.

And on this first day of December, I am proud to say that, with God, I have done everything I planned for the year. I am not here to say it was all easy. Somethings I started late because I had to try different methods, and some I had help from others in other to achieve them.

That said, life is hard enough, and too short to live in mediocrity. Make plans, set goals, then work towards achieving/accomplishing them. The fulfillment you will feel at the end of the whole thing will be worth it I promise you!

It is not too late to accomplish something in 2015. A lot can happen in 31 days. So get planning, and working. Set goals and crush them! We are on Earth to make a difference. Go and do something, no matter how small!


- The Lady


        “I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.”
                                                             Job 42:5