Happy New Year to you! I hope you all had a great celebration and did your countdown ( 跨年倒數) (not “cross-year “ please…. 😒). If you did, it’s great! It means you are still young and energetic. If you didn’t (like me), it great too! It means you are getting wiser and value your sleep more than your FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) 😆.
So I had my first lesson of the year with student M. We talked about the hindsight of 2021. I thought before we dive into 2022 with great excitement and brand new resolution, maybe it is worth looking back at all the things you have achieved and learned. Doing that could help you to map out a more feasible and realistic plan to achieve your goals from where you are now. I forgot the exact word for this quote but it goes something along the line with “ 你必須先知道你現在在哪,才能知道該往哪裡走”
💡So there are 3 questions suggested by (Marie Furleo) that we can ask ourselves:
What did I do, create or experience in 2021 that I’m really proud of?Sometimes we are being too crictical of ourselves and constantly beating yourself up for not doing enough. Stop that! Start to take stock of the good things that you did, even if it’s tiny little thing like waking up a little early, drinking more water everyday, saying something nice to your colleagues. These are things worth to be proud of. Don’t underestimate the compounding effect of small positive decisions you have made everyday.
What mistakes did I make? What lessons did I learn from this?Again, mistakes are inevitable. The point is not to beat yourself up over it but to take a step back and look at it objectively, extract the lesson from it and leverage what you have learnt. After all, best lessons are learned from mistakes.
Let go of craps that is holding you back.In order to see the changes you want to see and become who you really want to be, you must not let your old disempowering beliefs stand in your way. Like “i’m too old for this” , “ I can’t because i don’t have enough resources” , “no one will care anyway”. As you may already know, “change your action, change your result”. If you want to see different outcome, start with being aware of what you have been telling to yourself, and choose ones that empowers you.