Forget perfect. Honor progress.

Since writing my last post

 

I have really been thinking

 

 about my goals/area of focus for January

 

and I have to admit that

 

I am feeling incredibly overwhelmed!

 

I have so many things

 

that I would like to work on

 

and improve- in all aspects of my life.

 

I want to challenge myself in new ways this year!

 

The list of things that I would like

 

to accomplish this year is so long

 

that I am struggling to focus!

 

There are so many wheels turning

 

in my head and it is filled

 

with information and ideas

 

to the point where

 

I am feeling a bit paralyzed.

 

Honestly I don't even know where to begin

 

with this whole process.

 

I have so many wheels turning in my head!

 

I think each new year

 

brings with it the feeling of a fresh start-

 

a chance to wipe the slate clean and start again

 

on reaching our goals.

 

For some reason

 

this year I feel like

 

I have been putting pressure on myself

 

to figure out a plan for the whole year right now!

 

I was getting frustrated

 

with myself and couldn't figure

 

out what the problem was

 

and then I came across this:

 

 

WOW!

 

What an eye-opener!

 

I quite possibly stumbled upon

 

my main goal for the year!

 

I think my problem

 

is that I am too busy

 

being a perfectionist-

 

trying to make everything in my life perfect-

 

that I am not allowing myself

 

to really figure out who I am

 

and/or what I want

 

or to celebrate the progress

 

that I have made over the past few years!

 

The more I think about it,

 

I think I feel the need to be perfect because

 

I am always worried about

 

how someone else might see me.

 

Why?

 

I have no idea, but it is crazy!

 

 

I am ready to stop feeling this way

 

and to be PROUD

 

because the truth is...

 

 

... I am a beautiful disaster!

 

As you could probably tell by this crazy, rambling post!

 

This year I am ready to

 

"Forget perfect and honor progress"

 

as the caption said!

 

 

 

While I spend some time

 

processing this bigger goal

 

I am going to take things day-by-day!

 

I am not sure why we always

 

feel the need to wait for a new year

 

(OH HECK- a new MONTH

 

or even a new WEEK sometimes).

 

Each new day is the chance to start fresh! 

 

For the rest of January,

 

I am just going to focus

 

on starting fresh each day

 

with smaller goals

 

to help me reach this bigger goal!

 

 

 

Ironically, I saw this post on Instagram today

 

and it was a great

 

reminder of my word of the year-

 

I think I have succeeded for today!

 

I really challenged myself

 

to take a deeper look

 

at myself

 

and to process my recent

 

sense of feeling overwhelmed and frustrated!

 

Now that I have started to figure it out

 

(and I have to admit that ALL of that happened through the process of the writing of this blog post)

 

it is time to develop a plan

 

and ATTACK it!

 

 I would also like to leave you with proof

 

that I am still working out!

 

AM workout- 30 min on bike in trainer followed by a chilly 3 mile walk