Today, I start my day at Philz Coffee, with a cup of "Sooo Good" and cream. As soon as I hear the familiar voice of Justin Timberlake come on the radio, it doesn't matter whether I recognize the song or not, I feel right at home. I settle onto the couch, take a sip of my coffee goodness and do my part of writing.
I have begun planning for the new year. I'm using several different tools to plan. One of the things I'm also doing this week is I'm scanning my last year. What have I accomplished? What did I plan on doing? What were the good times? What were the bad times? What were my biggest regrets? How far have I come? How much have I grown? If I can sum up 2016 in one word...what would it be?
Change. I feel that one great theme of this past year is "change" for me. I want to also use the synonym "transition" but I feel that it does not quite capture all of it. No. It only covers part of it. The truth is, I have embraced change in a way that I never have before. There were good changes and there were bad ones. It's like as soon as I decided that I will accept and embrace change, I entered a new realm of happiness. These changes were in all areas of my life...my career, my aspirations, my relationships with family and friends...certain friendships had to end and certain ones had to begin. Inevitably, this is the cycle of life. More than anything, I see an element of maturity for myself, so much that at times I surprise myself.
I wonder what my "word" for next year would be. I didn't quite do this the years before but I want to predict my word of the year beforehand. Based on my goals and my expectations, I feel strongly what my word would be and that's...growth. It's interesting because I feel that I was stuck between the word "growth" and "change" for 2016 but I realized that ultimately, 2016, the whole year from beginning to end was this sense of transitioning and changing and shifting. However, come 2017, I want stability, no change, but instead I want to grow and maintain. It's like a combination of it. The word anchor comes to mind to emphasize composure and peace. Don't be surprised if you see such a tattoo on me in a few months...
I'm going from change to growth or should I say anchor? I don't know what 2017 has in store for me, but I definitely have a lot planned.
I have begun planning for the new year. I'm using several different tools to plan. One of the things I'm also doing this week is I'm scanning my last year. What have I accomplished? What did I plan on doing? What were the good times? What were the bad times? What were my biggest regrets? How far have I come? How much have I grown? If I can sum up 2016 in one word...what would it be?
Change. I feel that one great theme of this past year is "change" for me. I want to also use the synonym "transition" but I feel that it does not quite capture all of it. No. It only covers part of it. The truth is, I have embraced change in a way that I never have before. There were good changes and there were bad ones. It's like as soon as I decided that I will accept and embrace change, I entered a new realm of happiness. These changes were in all areas of my life...my career, my aspirations, my relationships with family and friends...certain friendships had to end and certain ones had to begin. Inevitably, this is the cycle of life. More than anything, I see an element of maturity for myself, so much that at times I surprise myself.
I wonder what my "word" for next year would be. I didn't quite do this the years before but I want to predict my word of the year beforehand. Based on my goals and my expectations, I feel strongly what my word would be and that's...growth. It's interesting because I feel that I was stuck between the word "growth" and "change" for 2016 but I realized that ultimately, 2016, the whole year from beginning to end was this sense of transitioning and changing and shifting. However, come 2017, I want stability, no change, but instead I want to grow and maintain. It's like a combination of it. The word anchor comes to mind to emphasize composure and peace. Don't be surprised if you see such a tattoo on me in a few months...
I'm going from change to growth or should I say anchor? I don't know what 2017 has in store for me, but I definitely have a lot planned.
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