Firstly.. Happy New Year everyone! :) I hope you all managed to have a really fun (and safe) New Years celebration. To those of you who don’t celebrate New Years, I hope you have been well over the past several days whilst I’ve been away from the keyboard.
I have to admit, I’m feeling anxious and I’m not quite sure why. So, I’m writing this post for several reasons:
- Putting my thoughts out there often helps
- Perhaps some of you will share your thoughts or assist me
- This will be a post that I can refer back to
- I enjoy letting you all know where I stand in life
2010 was a tough year, I worked incredibly hard, probably harder than any other year I can think of, but the problem is that I feel it was a year of just turning the wheels, planting some seeds and not really achieving too much (Ok, I achieved a lot when I sit and think about it, but I’m sure a lot of you know what I mean). My friend, Dee, summed it up nicely, “no more talk, just implementation”. Now that 2010 is over, I guess I feel some pressure for the year ahead, implementation is done, structure has been created and now it’s actually time to perform. I never have performance issues, but I think being the beginning of the year, knowing I will be back to 9-6 daily in a few days and the day to day routine will be back in place, seems somewhat overwhelming? Knowing me, once I’m back in the saddle with the awesome team I work with, I will probably feel great again? Another friend of mine, Elan, mentioned that he loved being on holiday, but almost wanted to go back to work so that routine could be achieved again – it’s a good point.
The beginning of a new year also puts us in that position where we have to think about our lives – are we happy where we are, are we in jobs that make us happy, how are our relationships, what do we need to achieve this year and so on and so forth – I guess it’s unnecessary pressure isn’t it? But, at the same extent, these questions are really important. With this in mind, it makes me think of New Years Resolutions, which is something I’ve never really done, but I’m wondering if this year I should. Perhaps not New Years Resolutions, but a list of goals that I want to achieve, so that I can strive to achieve them across the year – achieving goals is a wonderful feeling, so spreading out several goals across the year gives me some milestones to work towards, which will keep me motivated! What do you think, good idea to setup goals? I guess the secret is to set realistic ones? ;)
I have spent some time thinking of some goals and will do a blog post about them, but that definitely is for another post and not this one.
So ye, I’m in an interesting space at the moment, one which I guess I need to push through and force myself to stop always looking at such a big picture with such high standards and rather concentrate on the now.
