Tag: life.

Not Finished Yet!

welcome june

Well it is officially June first!  We are half way through this year and this is the ideal time to stop and reflect about where you were when you started this year, and what things in your life you may need to reassess.  I am sure that most of us made resolutions, promises to ourselves or others or plans that we were going to carry through this year.  Many of us created vision boards, outlined our goals and we may have even gotten accountability partners.  My question to everyone is how successful have you been in you 2015 planning?

Whatever it was that you planned to do this year, whether it was to lose weight, de-clutter your house, make a career change, take a class, start dating, whatever the plan was, it may have been difficult to follow through.  For others, the year may have started off with a bang.  You may have been in the gym every day, you may have been eating right and you may have even gotten one of the closets in your house clean.  Then life happened.  You missed one day at the gym that turned in to two and then you worked late and stopped at the local fast food restaurant for a quick meal and all of your good planning and hard work was over.  But just know that it is never too late to start again.

half year

June is a great time to begin fresh.  It is the halfway point of the year and provides an opportunity to rest the clock and start fresh.  June allows us the opportunity to recalibrate our visions and goals for ourselves and make the rest of the year the best of the year.  While we cannot get the time back that was missed, we can begin fresh and start on a clean slate.  And what better benchmark that the half way point of the year.

So pull out those vision boards, and goal worksheets.  Find an accountability partner or hire a coach.  Make some revisions.  Make sure that your goals follow the SMART acronym S. Specific, M. Measurable, A. Attainable, R.  Realistic, T.  Timely.  Make sure that you do not take on more than you can realistically handle.  Ask for assistance when needed.  Make the extra time that may also be needed to be successful.  Most importantly be true and honest with yourself.

vision board1

Remember, just as quickly as we reached June you will blink twice and it will be December.  Pace yourself and make the best of what is left of this year.  Remember you cannot re live tomorrow but you can make the best of each day that comes.  I look forward to walking into our destinies together!

Growing Up Is Hard to Do

growig up

Lyrics to the songs The Way We Were states ‘could it be that it was all much simpler then?”  Now that I am a little older, I know this statement to be true.  The further reality is that the older you get the harder it gets.  I would assume that once you reach a certain age, such as retirement, things may plateau and level out.   Maybe then you have more of the answers and less of the stress, the drama the ridiculousness.  Though I am not trying to speed up the hands of time I am also learning how to not be frustrated with the right now, how to roll with the punches and how to keep living in spite of what life brings.

There are times and situations in my life where I want to lash out at people, especially when I feel like I am not being heard or understood.  I do not get how people fail to keep your confidences, share your business with others all in the guise of thinking they know what is best for you.  It is hard to move through life daily and you feel as if you are fighting a losing battle with one arm tied behind your back.  Or better yet both arms.  It is hard when you feel that though you are surrounded b people that you still feel alone and by yourself and that there is no one you can trust enough to let in and pour your heart out to.  In essence life can at times be a Bitch!

still learning

If only we could go back to the days when things were easier.  Bills were not our concern, we did not have to worry about where our next meal was coming from because it was just provided.  Days were spent in school, then home and maybe playtime outsides.  Weekends did not involve errands for household good and gas but comprised of cartoons and cereal and maybe at party.  The days when even the simple things like what to wear were covered because your school uniform was hanging in the closet.  We spent so many days and hours dying to grow up and move out and be independent only to find ourselves wanting to go back to the times where we did not have a care in the world.

What matters now is that we cannot turn back the hands of time.  No amount of plastic surgery or teenage clothes shopping will ever get our youth back.  We must learn from our mistakes and k now that we have been given everything we need to deal with the challenges we face.  We must also remember what our independence brings us, the ability to do the things our parents may not have been able to do for us.  The ability to try as we  might to give back to our parents even though our debt to them may never be repaid.  My grandmother often said “its hard but its fair”.  I guess she had a point  with that statement.  I can say that I am not yet the person God created me to be but each and everyday I am a better person than  I was the day before.  Not because of my experiences but in spite of them and for that I am grateful.

 peter pan