Why Did You Give Up On Your Goals?

            Copyright 2017                                                                  Aleasa M. Word

Seems like yesterday we were celebrating a the new year and right now we are getting ready to do it again. It's amazing how fast the year can go. I'll be open, 2017 can go as far as I"m concerned. Everything from a tough political climate to health issues and losing loved ones as well as money seemed to find their way to my doorstep. When I speak to others, it seems like they had the same kind of year. This year seemed pretty epic in the way of disappointments, challenges and battles to keep one's head above the proverbial water for more than I've ever seen before. 

With that in mind, I have to ask what did you do with all of the emotional energy used on all that happened in your life? Did you let it make you say forget the goals, I'm just trying to live or did you decide to use if for fuel for the future? As we round out these last few days of 2017 many have simply given up and decided to try again next year. But what's the point of thinking that way if you go into the new year with either the same strategy or lack of strategy as you did last year? You'll end up with the same results right?

For me, I've decided 2018 is the year of completion. Like so many, I have a lot of open projects and a lot of new ideas all the time. The problem with that is if you don't complete any of those projects, you're constantly left feeling unaccomplished. You don't have a pile of dones to go with the pile of to do's . It's like being a prayer worrier with a wall full of prayers and an empty bag with no answered prayers in it. Truth is every day we accomplish things but because they're not the big things we want to accomplish we act as if we've not gotten anything done.  

You my friend like me  have a lot to be proud of. Shoot simply said, just getting up daily and going to a job or business of your own to make ends meet is a huge accomplishment. So if you do nothing more than fill a bag with stickies that say done after you finish each work day, watch them pile up so you can see how much you've accomplished. EVen on the job we all complete SOMETHING because if we didn't  we wouldn't be able ot keep the job or keep our businesses open.  Give yourself credit for doing more than you thought you did. At the same time get your strategy in order for next year or even next week. 

As I"ve mentioned to those who are on my insiders subscriber list we must finish the year 4th Quarter Strong. We must get ready to finish this game and pull out the win before the year ends or set ourselves up for a winning season in 2018. This is not the tie to let go or give up. This is the time to get ready for the next win .So let's get this thing called life moving! 

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