Tuesday, January 10, 2012

2012...A Fresh Start!!

So...I sat down for about 3 hours on December 31st (at my favorite coffee shop in town - Urban Standard...if you havent tried it, you should. And totally not paleo - but you should try their red velvet cupcakes: OMG!!) Anyways...in this long afternoon, I did a lot of pondering about my life. What I accomplished in 2011, what I want to accomplish in 2012, where I see myself in 10 years, etc. I created one document titled "2011 Recap"...here's the sad thing - there are about 3 months that I have no clue what happened in my life. Literally, I know I worked and worked out, but I have no significant moments that stand out from a large part of that year. I started feeling like I had wasted my time.

So, I created a second document: "2012 Recap". I promised myself that ANY time I accomplish something, I will write it down in my recap. For instance...yesterday I set a new 3x back squat max...I added that to the recap. This way...I'll SEE how I'm getting closer to my goals and have a way to look back at my progress and transitions along the way. AND if I'm feeling down about myself, I'll have a way to remind myself of my progress in life. I would hate to be sitting in Urban Standard on December 31st, 2012 and feel the way I did last week...I want to remember it all and feel like I'm always growing physically, mentally and spiritually.

I made one more document: "2012 Goals". I had 4 categories for my goals: crossfit, work, travel, and personal. And (thanks to the tip from Lululemon) I made BY WHEN's for all my goals - I set a month as to when that goal will be accomplished. Now that I've actually written my goals on a typed document (something I've never done before)...they feel real; they feel obtainable. Forrest may say this at his goal setting seminar on Thursday because it's something that he mentioned at the last goal setting seminar..."If you dont write down your goals, they are only wishes. If they are wishes and you dont achieve them, you have no one (or no document) to hold you accountable." I'm thinking about changing the title of that word document to "2012 Contract"...a contract with myself of things to continually work at.

So, one of my personal goals was to read a book a week. I set this goal in 2010 and ended up reading somewhere in the 40's. I think I'll beat that this year...it's January 10th and I've already read THREE books!! (Insert mental image of Chelsey hundered down every night in her reading chair, glasses an all.) The reason I've been reading so much - these books are AWESOME!!

The books:
1) Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
2) One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard
3) Radical by David Platt

The stack of books on my reading table is growing DAILY and my eyes balls cannot move fast enough to read everything, but what I do know is this - I am inspired by books. I am inspired by people who have a vision and put their thoughts into written words. I am challenged by books. I am pushed to think outside the box. I learn something EVERY time I read.

I've been pretty diligent about posting my TOD's on facebook. My TOD's almost always come from something I've read that day - be it a devotional, my latest book, a crossfit journal article, saying from one of the MANY blogs that I follow, etc.

I hope that MY words challenge someone, inspire someone to write down their goals, to accomplish something new, and to remind everyone that this life is short...compared to the eternity we will get in heaven. Enjoy EVERY moment and thank God daily for the many, many skills you are given to reach and exceed those goals. Push beyond your limits...always.

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