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I say the words, i am ... dubious ... about the future, but i'm also willing to hold out for hope.
Thinking about New Year's goals/resolutions:
Once upon a time, late 1990s, i picked up a book entitled something like "Ten weeks to a better you" (but i can't find a book named that in WorldCat so, no). I wanted to do the whole book that first week, but that's not how you make change happen. Looking back, i realize that the insight i had about wanting to do it all all at once is an insight into an ADHD trait. Since that point, i have known that i should set short term goals, not long term. Ten weeks is about right. Eventually i broke the year up into sections of eight and twelve week spans and would set plans or each period. I'd stopped some years ago, circa 2013ish, and i'd like to start up again.
The cycle:
January-February, winter, when i am unlikely to do anything remarkable, what with seasonal affective disorder dragging me. I believe this to be a time when i should be setting goals, making plans, visualizing, dreaming. I think of it as a seed time.
March-April, spring, begins with my birthday, and is when i consider my start. Tis is a more preparatory time
May-June-July and then August-September-October are two blocks of time when i tried to get things done. The longer time lines are because i found i could sustain more then.
November-December are the holidays, and i let myself have ease. Then winter, and the year begins again.
I don't know that i had any great success with this pattern. But it was good to have the check points through the year to redirect. I do want try and take those lessons and pick them back up again.
I guess over the next two months i want to decide if i wand to do any goal setting for my 54th year. In some ways, just keeping going with the gardening and the needs of the landscape is working out fairly well.
One thing i did do was think through what i could expect the coming year. I should do that.
Thinking about New Year's goals/resolutions:
Once upon a time, late 1990s, i picked up a book entitled something like "Ten weeks to a better you" (but i can't find a book named that in WorldCat so, no). I wanted to do the whole book that first week, but that's not how you make change happen. Looking back, i realize that the insight i had about wanting to do it all all at once is an insight into an ADHD trait. Since that point, i have known that i should set short term goals, not long term. Ten weeks is about right. Eventually i broke the year up into sections of eight and twelve week spans and would set plans or each period. I'd stopped some years ago, circa 2013ish, and i'd like to start up again.
The cycle:
January-February, winter, when i am unlikely to do anything remarkable, what with seasonal affective disorder dragging me. I believe this to be a time when i should be setting goals, making plans, visualizing, dreaming. I think of it as a seed time.
March-April, spring, begins with my birthday, and is when i consider my start. Tis is a more preparatory time
May-June-July and then August-September-October are two blocks of time when i tried to get things done. The longer time lines are because i found i could sustain more then.
November-December are the holidays, and i let myself have ease. Then winter, and the year begins again.
I don't know that i had any great success with this pattern. But it was good to have the check points through the year to redirect. I do want try and take those lessons and pick them back up again.
I guess over the next two months i want to decide if i wand to do any goal setting for my 54th year. In some ways, just keeping going with the gardening and the needs of the landscape is working out fairly well.
One thing i did do was think through what i could expect the coming year. I should do that.
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