Slacker. Am I really?

I really do feel like a slacker, but I am not necessarily slacking. I just feel like everyone else has it all on the ball and I'm just trudging along on my own little path to nowhere.

I'm turning 41 in 1 week and 1 day. I'm excited for my birthday. 41 doesn't seem daunting, or uninvited, it's just arriving, and I'm good with that. I've been, as I seem to always be, re-evaluating what is important and what has value in my life.

I think I am a collector of stuff (physical stuff, I mean I have a lot. AND for those of you Mari Kondoing your stuff- understand that I like what I have, it brings me joy, except my hair, I want it gone, because it drives me nuts- but I digress)... rather than a collector of goals. I need some new goals, I feel very much like I NEED to be doing something but I have no idea what that ought to be.

Yes I have a job at a gift shop, and yes I still do my graphics, and yes I am part owner of a vending machine company... so I have a lot on the go, but I guess nothing is bringing me great joy... accept the idea of going back to Uganda in 2020. That has me excited... but I also know, until I buy my ticket I will not get too serious about it.  So until those tickets are bought, and it is set in stone... I feel like I'm floating around doing everyone else's work but my own. Helping other's achieve their goals, when in reality I need some of my own. AND I hope that the people I have been helping to achieve their goals will get on board with me to help me achieve mine.

What are your goals? Do you constantly re-evaluate and edit? I can't be the only one who feels like they are slacking in their own life, on their own personal goals, can I? How do you stay focused? How do you make sure your goals are so glittery that you just can't help but focus on them?

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M.


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Breathe, You've Got this!

2016 a new year, new projects, new hopes, and new goals all sound well and good, but along with all of those crazy awesome new ideas and dreams comes along new anxieties, frustrations, and fear. What the heck?! Seriously I want to punch fear in the face. Taking a step out of your comfort zone to pursue a new career, passion, hobby... is often, littered with fear. Why are we so afraid of trying something new?

Apparently it's been studied and this pretty much sums it up:

33% will like what you do
33% won't like what you do
33% won't actually care what you do  (gasp! I know right!)

AND 1% (these are the people we don't actually care whether or not they approve of us- I added that part, and when I'm home alone, I have a more colourful word for this group of... well, use your imagination.)

So what do we have to fear? Letting ourselves down? because going out and trying something new doesn't usually let others around us down. Because the people who actually matter, you know the ones, our cheering section, the ones who see our talents way before we ever do, and are continually trying to convince us to pursue our passions, are not going to love us any less if we try following our dream, they are going to saddle up along side of us and enjoy the ride.

So in light of a new year, and in light of new possibilities (by the way, every day is filled with new possibilities, and the ability to stop one thing and start another, without owing anyone an explanation - but I digress) Let's Saddle up the horses,  let's charge forward with our hopes and dreams... and let's not forget to BREATHE, because We've Got THIS!

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M.

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