Time (not wasted) for 2008
Most people set goals or make resolutions for the new year, and I am one of them. However, in thinking about whether or not I wanted to do that this year, I realized something. Most of my resolutions are negative. I am always looking at something negative about myself and vowing to change it, or making a list of ways that I suck and how I want to suck less in the coming year.One of the things I tend to do is see myself in the lyrics of songs. Sometimes I can hear a song and it describes everything I've ever wanted to say. An example would be the song, "Wasted Time," by the Eagles. Part of the song says,
I could have done so many things, baby,
if I could only stop my mind
from wondering what I left behind
and from worrying about this wasted time.
I spend so much time looking back and wishing I could have a do-over, or over thinking what I should have done or should have said. We all choose our paths in life, and I have chosen mine. I should accept it, embrace it, and live it.
Therefore, my Top 5 Goals for this year are based on trying not to be sitting here a year from now, worrying that it was all a bunch of wasted time.
- Embrace my creativity more, and finish all of those projects I have in my head.
- Accept that I am a good mother and enjoy today (and every day) with my son, and stop looking back and obsessing on what I've done wrong and how I've failed him.
- Trust my intuition and my instincts more, and stop second guessing myself.
- Continue getting rid of the negativity in my life (This is an ongoing goal carried over from 2007).
- Keep my goals of eating healthier, cooking more and finding more locally grown organic food.
and I can get on with mine,
And maybe someday we will find,
that it wasn't really wasted time.
Happy New Year. Here's to us all not feeling like we wasted a day of 2008.
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