2022; Now What?!

Things that were planted in 2020 and now beginning to bloom. Holla at your emotional elevated gal.

There is that thing that people say — that to get something you have never had you need to do something you have never done.

I have dreamed for so long about a certain type of life. A certain lifestyle.

I talk non stop about wanting to be completely office free, I want to work digitally, I want to be able to work from anywhere, I want no commitment to anything …. But I have put minimal efforts into this dream because it always just seems slightly unattainable.

I just decided this year is going to look different.

I wouldn’t say I am one for resolutions but I am someone who a few times of years like to be clear on my goals.

Recently though — it has felt more like I have given up on myself. It feels like things are just unattainable. And that, that is a tough pill to swallow.

It feels like nothing has worked since I got laid off from my job in 2020. But that was almost 2 years ago.

2 YEARS AGO.

(Where has the time gone?! — well, I know where time went, it went into depression and then personal growth and development, but I digress)

That is CRAZY.

There are moments where I feel like I am not living up to my potential for adventure because I live in FEAR.

In particular I have been living in an extreme amount of fear since March of 2020.

I am paralyzed by every decision. I am paralysed by the barriers I put in place to protect myself.

These last few years have put my confidence in the shitter.

All of this got me thinking — it is 2022, now what?

What can I do to pull myself out of the wasteland of coasting and fear. I need to step out of this space, and starting building something new.

So here it is — the plan (or mostly the ideas/mantras/things I need to really believe in and do):

1. I am the captain of my own ship and if I don’t steer it in the right direction nothing will really happen the way I want it to. AKA Rule my own world, AKA Plan for success!
2. Treat my writing like a job and schedule it into my week like I schedule my teaching and my classes. duh
3. Hold myself accountable for my actions.
4. Work on mastering today and doing one small task at a time. Check in with the big tasks monthly but focus on what needs to happen today.
5. Focus on one or two platforms, not all of them. Focused energy. (Where you attention goes, energy flows and life grows — I don’t know who said this but I love it)
6. Find a cafe that I can work out of on the daily. (I need to find my people, and get out of my house more — this is an important part of 2022 for me)
7. Because I am freelancing I can design my day how I choose, start doing that.
8. Learn to batch create. (why have I not done this?! )
9. Learn to promote my work (because it doesn’t read itself)
10. Remember that I have to and want to make the difference for me — this is something I want to do.

I am not all new year new me — but I do want to see myself suceed in creating what I want to create. And it really doesn’t happen if you don’t work at it and go after it like a full time job.

CONSISTANCY

How are you tackling a new year? What are your top priorities to make your dreams come true?