2018 Goals
Jan. 2nd, 2018 05:56 pmI worked through the rest of Danielle LaPorte's FREE and CLEAR exercises over the last week or so, and I used that, her year in review exercise from last year, and reviewing her what you want to do, have, and experience to feel your core desired feelings exercise from The Desire Map to figure out what I want to focus on this year. I'm still finding that the feelings I came up with before doing this last year really resonate with me: light, giddy, deeply present, connection. (Side note: if you want to try out The Desire Map, you can download the audiobook and ebook for free at the moment. You have to sign up for her email list, but you can then unsubscribe.) I have three sections: the big intentions, a small list of practical things I want to take care of, and the stop doing list I made doing the FREE and CLEAR exercise.
Big Goals/Intentions
Writing. I don't have a specific way I want to do this, and I'm going to stop specifically trying to do any specific kind of writing at any specific time. I just want to write in a way that I can feel inside the experience.
Connection. Continue to prioritize relationships and time with friends and family, and be open to new people. Do this with someone every week, and with local people at least twice a month.
God. I don't have a specific way of going about this one. I want to do something - learn to pray on a regular basis, go to services, remember to feel the light filling me up - that keeps me connected to God/the divine.
Singing/Chanting. I want to find a way to do this more! I love singing and chanting. Part of why I don't do it as much as I would like to is that I'm self-conscious about the fact that I live in an apartment with thin walls, so this year I want to stop feeling self-conscious about that. (A secret wish: I would love to take voice lessons. It's not in my budget at the moment, but maybe someday.)
Practical Things To Take Care Of
This is the boring part, but they're also the things that not doing makes me feel heavy/weighed down: keep up with weekly check-ins, take at least a few days off each quarter, really for real get the gum grafts done. I would love to go on a vacation that involves leaving my town, but I'm going to consider that more of a wish than a necessity for this year.
Stop Doing
I'm mostly putting this here for my reference. I have a stop doing section in my weekly check-ins, too; this is a bigger list I made doing the FREE and CLEAR stop doing exercise:
Big Goals/Intentions
Writing. I don't have a specific way I want to do this, and I'm going to stop specifically trying to do any specific kind of writing at any specific time. I just want to write in a way that I can feel inside the experience.
Connection. Continue to prioritize relationships and time with friends and family, and be open to new people. Do this with someone every week, and with local people at least twice a month.
God. I don't have a specific way of going about this one. I want to do something - learn to pray on a regular basis, go to services, remember to feel the light filling me up - that keeps me connected to God/the divine.
Singing/Chanting. I want to find a way to do this more! I love singing and chanting. Part of why I don't do it as much as I would like to is that I'm self-conscious about the fact that I live in an apartment with thin walls, so this year I want to stop feeling self-conscious about that. (A secret wish: I would love to take voice lessons. It's not in my budget at the moment, but maybe someday.)
Practical Things To Take Care Of
This is the boring part, but they're also the things that not doing makes me feel heavy/weighed down: keep up with weekly check-ins, take at least a few days off each quarter, really for real get the gum grafts done. I would love to go on a vacation that involves leaving my town, but I'm going to consider that more of a wish than a necessity for this year.
Stop Doing
I'm mostly putting this here for my reference. I have a stop doing section in my weekly check-ins, too; this is a bigger list I made doing the FREE and CLEAR stop doing exercise:
- Staying up too late.
- Worrying about not knowing enough to write about pop culture.
- Autopilot lying to people I'm close to about how I am.
- Complaining about money.
- Hiding from friends/people I love.
- Sinking too deeply into pain that isn't mine to hold.
- Resenting [life situation from the previous friends-locked post].
- Accepting a lack of care/steamrolling of my feelings.