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Time (not wasted) for 2008

by Trish Robinson (Subscribe to Trish Robinson's posts)
Jan 1st 2008 2:00PM

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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.
  1. Embrace my creativity more, and finish all of those projects I have in my head.
  2. 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.
  3. Trust my intuition and my instincts more, and stop second guessing myself.
  4. Continue getting rid of the negativity in my life (This is an ongoing goal carried over from 2007).
  5. Keep my goals of eating healthier, cooking more and finding more locally grown organic food.
So you can get on with your search, baby
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.

Tags: goals for 2008, GoalsFor2008, resolutions

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