We often get so wrapped up in life that we get caught in a rut and don't know how to get out. I have learned that it is truly important to push yourself because without working on who you are, we never evolve or show our full potential. Everyone has something to offer the world, you just have to find out what it is. I sit here typing this and pause to look back on where I was a year ago. A year ago I was not in school, I had no real direction. I was trying to find myself and who I was. I had just moved into my townhouse and was busy trying to make it our home. I had no goals, no plan really. I was in a holding pattern, just waiting for the stars to align. One thing I have learned is that while everything happens for a reason, some things won't happen without purpose......meaning that if you want things to be different you need to approach them in a different way. I needed to figure out which direction I was heading in life. I began to stop the pitty party from all that had happened the prior year or two. This process didn't happen over night. It truly has taken a year and it is still a work in progress. Knowing that though is part of the process to which you can change your life a day at a time.
Once I could sign up for school again and I had the documentation I needed to continue I jumped right in. I enjoy my job. It allows me to be with the kids as much as possible. At that time, I knew that a college degree would open so many new doors for me, allow me to make more money, but also take more time away from the kids. It is one of those things where you realize that as they get older they aren't going to need you as much as they begin to become more independant. A better life comes with the college degree, or should I say more opportunity comes with it. Now that I have obtained it though I am ready to use it and walk through the wide open door of opportunity.
During my last class, our final assignment was to write a reflection paper which was to cover the time from when we started college until now. That paper really opened my eyes along with what we were learning about goal setting. I decided to try it, to write down my goals that I want to reach in the next year. I was feeling pretty good considering I knew that I was about to accomplish a major goal in graduating so I already had a great head start for the year. Not only did I do this for me but I also made up a sticker chart for the kids where they work to earn stickers which they can then basically earn things. We have always had a loose type of goal structure but I realized that they weren't really learning it right the old way we were doing things. That chart has been great because if we go to the store and they ask for something I just remind them that they need to check the chart to see what they have earned. The headaches that has saved alone has been worth it!
Goals can be anything we want. My goals for the next year consist of school, relationships, jobs, money, and happiness. When I look at them now I see how they all intertwine and how having a plan how to achieve them makes them seem right there and ready to grab. I know I sound like a Tony Robbins infomercial but this is my blog and this is what works for me. Try it, it may just work for you too!
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