What shall be my goals for this year?

[linaewen]

I don't actually have any goals/resolutions formulated and on paper as yet, but I'm working on it.  I'm feeling good and I'm excited about how things have been going so far.  I know, I know, it's only January 2, lol!  But I had a good day of getting things done yesterday, and that's an encouraging way to begin the new year.

More later on that -- what I want now is to go with an odd thought I had just now, and ask for your help.  What do YOU think I should consider adding to the list as a goal or a resolution when making up my plans for the new year?

If you have any suggestions, thoughts, comments, advice, etc., please share it and don't be shy.  I am truly interested in knowing what you think.

Thanks for your help, my friends!

Comments

[rowantwig.livejournal.com]

I don't know you well enough to make a personal suggestion, but I can tell you a strategy that works for me: the one-word mantra. I'm terrible at resolutions lists or even the slightest bit of complications to resolutions . . . I just can't keep them in mind for longer than a week (pitiful, I know).

But one year I chose a one-word plan: HAPPY. I repeated that word to myself when I needed it, and change really did happen in my life. I became happier because I remembered to make it so.

This year my one-word resolution is SLOW. I would like to add THINK to that but I'm afraid of making it too complicated! SLOW hopefully I can handle, because I do really need to slow down. Maybe the thinking will come naturally afterward. :)

Can you narrow it all down to one word?

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

Sorry to be slow about getting back to you on this good suggestion!

I think I can narrow it down pretty well -- the word would probably be DISCIPLINE or BALANCE or better yet, DISCIPLINED BALANCE. That's pretty general, I know, but those words would encompass all I want to see in my life. Not just to have my list of what needs doing, but to have the discipline to just go do it, and not do it to the exclusion of the other things that are important. Maybe that way I can avoid pressing the Panic Button so often!

It does sound like SLOW is a good word for you this year, I do hope it helps you to slowing down in a way that is helpful to your sense of well-being.