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Goals Saturday #2

I'm curious how everyone else is doing with their goals for the new year.

It's two weeks into January and I wonder how many people are already struggling with guilt and discouragement. I'm posting late today because I wanted to get my 4th exercise in for the week this morning to meet my goal. I had every intention of going to the gym yesterday, but I got behind on a couple projects at the office, then I had an issue with my alarm at the studio that needed to be reprogrammed, then it just got to late before I had a 3 pm appointment. Oh well. That is how life goes sometimes. I've found that being flexible with yourself and others really reduces the amount of stress in one's life. Just a thought.

This week I achieved the goals I set once again. It feels good to be successful. Unbelievably, I've really enjoyed living in the moment and cherishing each little blessing. I've gained new power over distractions and I'm journaling about procrastination and it's effects on those around me. Weird, is this journey of self awareness.

Though I met the 3 goals I set for myself this past week, I've failed on others. Christmas cards did not, and will not, be going out to family and friends. If I saw you around Christmas, you got one. Most of you didn't. Forgive me. OK, so now I'm letting go of the guilt and moving on. 2nd, I didn't even start the goals PDF I wanted to share with you all, to help you focus on your dreams. It's a big project and I just have not made it a priority. I've overcommitted again. Dang it.

So while I excelled in a few things, others flopped. I learned from both. I hope you had an empowering week toward your goals. Blessings on your journey.

Goals Saturday

I've added a new category to the blog - Goals. I'd like to make Saturdays "Goals Check" day. This will help me keep on track by publicly tracking my 2008 progress and hopefully encourage you on your journey too. Week one for 2008 has me rethinking my goals a bit. I plan to expand mine over the weekend. I found it easy to meet my 4 times of exercise. Being generous as well as living peacefully worked out well too. The challenge is though, how do you track peaceful living? It's pretty abstract. It's more of a feeling. I'm going to focus my goals and make them more tangible.

Also, I'll add "coming attractions" on Saturday as a glimpse into the week ahead. It's been difficult to post in the evenings for the next day. The great feature of TypePad is that I can preset the time and date to post. I have much more energy to type my thoughts in the morning, so I'll be grouping some of my posts together earlier in the week. and spreading them out daily.

This week's Coming Attraction will focus on goals and priorities. Stay Tuned.