Goals Left Undone

Do you struggle to feel like you could do big things? Is there a voice in your head that laughs at you or tells you that you're not good enough to achieve anything?

It probably started some time ago with a desire to create or do something and, then never taking action. Perhaps you dabbled but quit after the first creative block or criticism. When we leave all our dreams and goals undone they don’t just fade away. Imagine a pile of laundry that keeps building with no one to attend to it. It just keeps growing, stinking, and you keep ignoring it. Then after so long, it is such a mess that when we have an idea it's not even a question if we are going to do it. Why would this time be any different? You lose faith in yourself and begin to tell yourself things like that's just life, I am not a creative person, I don’t have time, I’ll never be any good anyways, and it’s all been done before. 

Let’s clear that dirty pile of laundry and decide if action is still appropriate or not-

Write a list of things you wanted to do, and did not. Go through anything that comes up and decide if you still want to do whatever it is, or if you have no interest anymore. If you no longer have a desire cross that bad boy off the list. For the things that you still want to do honor those and pick one to start on this week as a commitment to yourself that you can accomplish your goals. Write about how you feel after completing one of your goals. Remember you can do easy things and you can do hard things both are valuable and one and the same:) 

My story- 

Quitting smoking (a very large one…) If you have struggled with any kind of addiction you know the self-depreciation that follows every time you fail to quit. I tried and failed so many times that it really felt impossible to do. I began to believe that I just was unable to be happy without my cigs. It's been years now that I smoked, and phew what a beautiful thing I have done for myself. It took my Mom getting throat cancer, and then another 6 months to be even a smidge grateful about the lack of smokes. To my amazement, I never even think about it now. I just had to wait out the ugly part. When I would think of smoking I would imagine the huge tumor on my Mom’s neck (truly awful). My mom also passed away, so the threat became very real. My grandfather too died young from a heart attack. The little monsters were not my friend, but the enemy. Checking that task off my list has led to so many unexpected blessings. This is obviously a big one! A smaller example of a goal would be to wash the toothpaste out of the sink after brushing so the sink stays fresher. I’m right there, why it is a problem I’ll never know lol :)