Vision 2010: Intentions for a New Year
I recently saw a post that suggested the use of intentions for the new year rather than resolutions or goals for the new year. I like that. I tend to believe intentions are a very powerful force. They are not some lofty pie in the sky wish list, but rather something truly…well…intended.
Danielle LaPorte’s blog is one of my favorite motivational resources, so I was intrigued when her intentions list was actually a Stop Doing list. Most of us think about things we should or need to start doing, but how many of us think about the balancing effect of stopping something? And as she pointed out, it isn’t about stopping things like “neglecting yourself” or some other goofy feel good crap. This is serious stuff. Everything needs balance, and if you are adding something to your to do list, you must also remove something from it or feel the wrathful stress of overload.
This got me thinking about my vision for 2010. Just saying the year has such a cool sound to it. I can remember when 2010 was the target date for a 15 year long range technology plan for schools. And now…..it’s here. 2010.
The year that is wrapping up was a pretty good one. I finished massage therapy school, which gives me new options and some movement towards achieving a long held desire to work in the wellness industry. We sent a kid off to face the world on her own. We tackled a renovation project that is my wellness center. I charged up a truckload of money going to some energy medicine workshops in Austin and Phoenix….and I stayed another year in the safety and security of a “guaranteed” paycheck with benefits, even though my passion has long since vacated the premises. That about sums up 2009.
So what exactly is my vision of 2010? Danielle suggested a three-question test that originated with Darwin Smith, CEO of Kimberly-Clark.
1)What are you deeply passionate about?
2)What are you genetically encoded for—what activities do you just feel “made to do”?
3)What makes economic sense—what can you make a living at?
It has taken me 41 years of life to feel as though maybe I have some idea about #1 and #2. I guess a person needs that many life experiences to know what they don’t want so as to figure out what they do want from life. Ironically, I am circling back into the vicinity of my college aspirations. I have done many things since college that were part of my dreams and aspirations. I wanted to be married and have a family. I wanted to have a nice house and nice things. I wanted the mini-van and the suburban to haul my growing family. I wanted sane working hours and a husband whose hours matched mine. I have done and continue to have all of those things with abundant love….well…most days.
I have also done some things that are not quite as fulfilling in order to have that which I really did want. I intended all of these things at a higher level than I intended my post college career aspirations, so I settled on a career that I thought best accommodated what I wanted most. For the most part it has worked well enough. Yet there has been this nagging, a yearning, to navigate back in the direction of my original passions. For the first time, I can see the possibilities of making it happen.
So here goes: In 2010, I will
- Build my wellness center business to a level that replaces my current income
- Complete the renovations on the wellness center
- Carve out space for writing projects
- Teach a couple of Brain Gym classes.
- Study and become highly proficient at the things in which I have already received training
- Spend time daily in some form of exercise, as in take care of ME
- Find ways to feed me and my family healthy and delicious foods
- Pursue a yoga instructor certification
- Pursue a personal trainer certification
- Travel some place really cool with my sweet husband
- Knock the debt load back by a huge chunk
- Knock the “butt/thigh” load back by a huge chunk (see #6 & 7)
In 2010, I will
- Stop working 8 hours a day in a windowless concrete cell surrounded by a massive electromagnetic field
- Stop sitting on my derriere 8 hours a day.
- Stop feeling resentment about events in my past that have proven to be blessings
- Stop feeling guilty just because others feel guilty (see #3)
- Stop trying to teach people who do not wish to learn
- Stop attending over-priced workshops that don’t lead to an accredited certification of some type (unless I really really want the info).
- Stop doing my own accounting. I suck at it and I hate it.
- Stop trying to market my talents all by myself. See #7. I do and teach what I know. Getting other people to buy in to my gigs are a pain in the tush.
- Stop eating crap that tastes good for a second, then leaves me feeling like the stuff that comes out at the end.
- Stop piling all of the construction projects on my sweet hubby. I intend to have sufficient profits to hire out the window replacement and maybe even the exterior paint job.
- Stop spending all my egg profits on Sonic Happy Hour.
The items on this second list only serve to make me a cranky chunky witchy kind of person. They leave me feeling less than my best and therefore, they must go. I’m thinking 2010 is going to be an amazingly powerful year for this goddess.
How about you? Do you have any STOP signs in your 2010 Vision?
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