2020 Goals and Dreams

Do you start each year with resolutions?  Goals? A word you are going to focus on?  I don’t do New Years resolutions because I know myself well enough to know I will break them by January 5th.  Not January 15th, January 5th.  If I make it that long.  And for some reason, I’m kind of an all or nothing girl.  If I say I’m going to do something for a year, and then slip on January 3rd, it’s really hard for me to not throw my hands in the air and say efff it!  Also, I have a bit of a problem with anyone, including myself, telling me what to do…so there’s that.  If you’re familiar with Gretchen Ruben’s four tendencies, it may make sense that I keep getting Rebel as my result, but that’s a topic for another post.

I do however, have goals.  But they aren’t new for 2020.  I’ve been using Rachel Hollis’ Start Today journal since October.  I fell off the rails a bit in late Nov/Dec due to the emotional mess those months were, but have jumped back in.  And truthfully, those are goals I’ve been working towards for at least the last two years.  I also pick a word that I want to be mindful about each year.  A mantra of sorts.  In 2018 my word was Intentional.  I wanted to be more intentional with my choices, my time, etc.  That word carried over into 2019 but I also added Habit with the goal to be intentional about my habits.  Both the habits I wanted to create, and the ones I wanted to break.  As with anything, I wasn’t perfect, but I made a ton of growth in the areas of yoga, meditation, showing up for myself, and decreasing social media.

When I was thinking about my word for 2020, I circled through several, while hearing Freedom as a quiet whisper in the back of my head.  When I stopped ignoring it and embraced it, chills ran down my arms.    There are a variety of areas that I want to intentionally incorporate freedom into my life, but the first area will be freedom from negative thinking.  And freedom from mindless scrolling.  And freedom to create with no expectations.  And freedom to dream BIG audacious dreams.  For months, every yoga class I’ve gone to, when asked to set your intention or mantra for the class, Freedom is always what pops into my head.  So I guess this year instead of choosing a word, the word chose me!

I’m excited to see how Freedom plays out in my life in 2020.  I have a feeling it will bring exciting, terrifying and challenging growth.  I’d love to know if you set goals or resolutions!

If you, like me live in the frozen tundra, I hope you stay warm this week!