One week into the new year! I’m off to a good start with a few of my goals. I am noticing that I need to make a more concerted effort to get to bed earlier than I have been, because waking up at 5AM for the gym has been tough. That said, I’ve done it each weekday!
January is the beginning of the year, and with it, the beginning of positive changes. New year, new you! My company is jumping on board with a new “zen” initiative to boost health and wellness within their employees. How great is that? They’re hosting wellness panels and offering learning opportunities, and even provided a calendar full of ideas to be well during the work week. With that, they’ve created a page of journaling ideas within the wellness webpage for those looking to channel their ideas and goals!
I decided to take a look at that page and choose one of their prompts to reflect upon and consider. I went to the site, closed my eyes, wiggled my finger and stuck to whatever prompt my finger landed on when I opened my eyes. The result:
The most important things in my life are…
I think it was fate to have my finger land on this one. This week I was going through my desk drawers at work, cleaning out old work notes and re-organizing what went where (office supplies drawer, first aid drawer, extra snacks and napkins drawer). In the process, I found birthday cards from my team, post-it appreciation from my closest work friend, and old cards from flower arrangements from my mom and Aaron.
Some part of that just touched my heart, it felt like a rose petal falling. It was like a little message from the universe reminding me of what I have in my life and how much it means to me. Truthfully, I feel like being happy is what is most important to me, at the “what’s” core, but my happiness is informed by my surroundings.
My family is the most important thing to me. That includes my mom, my dad, my brother and sister, and yes, Aaron (and by extension, his family). My friends are second. A friend recently reached out to ask how I found the friends I have, how I found such smart, sweet, friendly women to call my soul sisters. I don’t know how I got so lucky to have them as my friends. I would do anything for them, no questions asked.
My future is a super close third. I want a fulfilling career, two happy kids, and the chance to travel the world with my loved ones. Ten years from now, I want to have seen a Pacific sunrise with my wanderlust friends (Australia? Bali? Hawaii? I have no TRUE preference), had two kids, corresponding cats, and a decent sized home outside of my work city to put it all in together. Life happens, but if I’m blessed enough and work hard enough, maybe pulling that off won’t be as terrifying to accomplish as it sounds.
The most important things in my life are the people around me. I love them and am so happy to have them. 2020 is when I let them know every chance I can.
If you’re reading this, go tell someone you love them.