When someone asks you to commit to a project, volunteer with a group or attend a meeting, is your default answer, “yes”? Or are you able to reflect and give a firm “no”? Or do you say yes, but wish you said no?
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Are you a slave to your to do list? It is easy to get caught up in the list of tasks we need to accomplish, but are they the right tasks?
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As I scrolled social media the other day, I saw a meme that said
“Happy Shortest Day of the Longest Year of your Life”
I laughed and kept scrolling. As the day passed, however, I reflected more and more about this past year.
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Creative. Creativity. Creativeness.
It doesn’t really matter the form or variation, it’s not a word I ever use to describe me. It’s always surprising to others when that comes up, but nevertheless, it’s true.
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In the middle of a pandemic, I reflect on my goals and expectations, which I am finding incredibly difficult.
I looked back at some of the goals that I set for 2020 that I will not accomplish.
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Embrace imperfection.
It seems like an odd phrase for a Type A control freak personality; for someone who is meticulous and wants things to be perfect. It has been a work in progress, and an important balance to that other precise side of me.
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A friend called and at the end of a long, awesome conversation, we were talking about goals. One of goals is to have a sense of style and to know how to put outfits together, to apply makeup and to do my hair. I have always struggled with feeling cool and stylish, and over the years, I have just accepted that this particular skill will not hold space on my top ten list. I look at teens today and they appear so much more put together than my generation ever was (I grew up in the generation of neon, legwarmers and crimped hair although I never thought any of those were cool either).
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