What are your goals?
We’re only a few days away from the rush of New Year’s Resolutions. Everyone will be talking about how to build a “New You” in the New Year. What don’t you like about yourself? What should you change? How quickly can you change it?
Before we all get swept up in that mindset, I think it’s important to reflect and to feel gratitude.
Whether you kept your 2014 New Year’s Resolutions or not, you probably changed this year. You accomplished things. You rose to challenges. You followed through, in ways you planned on and maybe also in ways you never expected. These are all things to remember. The choices we make and the things we accomplish are milestones. They mark our development on this journey of life. They deserve to be remembered and savored.
The amazing speed and power of ADHD, which I call the Innovator Brain Type®, can spur us on to go faster and try harder. Standing still can feel uncomfortable. But without moments of quiet reflection, we can lose out on the lessons life is trying to teach us.
Getting too focused on the next goal or the next project right after finishing the last one can mean that sometimes we skip over the important part of enjoying a job well done. But it can also mean we’re telling ourselves there’s no reward at the end of all the hard work. What is more important, starting the new project, or taking the time to reward ourselves and being sure to step back and admire our work? Skipping over the part where you stop and reflect can also lead to feeling burned out. After all, what’s the point of jumping into a new idea or project if there’s no satisfaction at the end?
What did you accomplish this year? What were your milestones for 2014?
Before you start to think about the things you want to change, what do you want to stay the same? I think that these short days at the end of the year are the perfect time to reflect on what we’ve managed to do, who we have in our lives, and everything that we’re grateful for.
