I managed some good work time in the office yesterday (work as in personal growth).
Goal setting according to Rachel Hollis needs some tweaking for me. I think if I were goal setting 10 or 15 or 20 years ago, her method would work. As it is, I'm in a different season of life and have different kinds of goals right now and very little time constraints. I like the concept of focusing on something big rather than lots of little things, but I don't need to wait 10 years to work on all of my list. I have a few goals that are in "wait" mode, but not 9 of them. (You make a list of 10 and choose one a year to focus on.) She mentions that focusing on one tends to automatically raise other areas too, but that still isn't exactly right for me.
I'm going to mesh her method with Brooke Castillo and use her goal journal that way. Still working The List. Planning my start on January 2 so I can be the cliche LOL.
Gretchen Rubin's word of the year. Loved the podcast. Her word is GROWTH. I actually thought about that one before listening to the podcast but decided it felt too generic for me. She used UPGRADE one year and it made me think of LEVEL UP. Upgrade feels like a passive word (you get upgraded). Level up seems like an action word (I leveled up). It felt good and then I did my meditation with that intention ... 2019. The word SHINE kept coming up in my head.
Message from the Universe? Random thought word? I don't know. After I thought about what SHINE could mean for 2019 and I decided to go with it. It's a prettier word hahaha!
What does it mean, you ask? Well, ready yourself for some woo woo stuff.
I want to let my whole self SHINE. Good and bad. Not pretend to be someone different with certain people. Open myself up to be a little vulnerable. I've worked on not apologizing for certain things about myself (I go to sleep early, I like 8 hours of sleep, I don't like to dance, etc) but I still hide other areas from people. Very few people (friends) know I'm doing this life coaching. Why? I don't want to be judged. Shine means opening up.
Shine is also similar to my "all is bright." See the SHINE in people and things and experiences. Make THINGS shine. Help others to shine. You get the idea.
It's a bit over-the-top for even me, but I'm going with it. The word is different than my actual goals. It's like a goal enhancement. Here's my goal, now let's SHINE and make it even better. (Yes, a little gag worthy, but if it's too much, I can always change it. It's MY word, after all.)
I also (mostly) finished my vision board. I'll get a picture of it soon-- lots of inspirational memes and a few goal pictures too. It's not a masterpiece, but I'll hang it in the workout room and see it regularly. I have a quote board in there already so it's much of the same. I'll do a post on it next week.
On the docket today is GOAL SETTING again. It's hard!! I also want to start the year-in-review thoughts. Spend a little time thinking (and writing) about what went well, what didn't go well and move forward from there. That was part of GR podcast and lots of peeps do this at year end. Prep work for January.
I didn't think of any "treats" for my list, but I desperately need them. I'm STRUGGLING big this week. I worked hard during the holidays and now I'm falling on my face THIS WEEK?!?!?! Wine and cheese last night. Come on girlfriend - get your butt back up. I'd like to say today is the day that happens, but it feels like a lie. I'll try ... stay tuned ... up and down and up and down ... ugh.
Here's another meme on my vision board. Happy Friday! Later gators.
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