Looking Forward to the New Year --2023 Here We Come!
I've debated deleting this and starting anew and maybe I will. This journal is tied to 20 years of experience. Reading back on it, I feel like I should detach myself from it, but the last 20 years shaped me. So, perhaps I should embrace it.
Plus, the new year is upon us. While this Christmas and really the end of the year has been disappointing and stressful, I'm surprisingly optimistic for 2023.
I have gone back and deleted a lot from LJ over the years. Things I didn't want "out there." The rest--ramblings of my everyday frustrations--is kept private because well, it's private.
I struggle with what is still "out there" because I'm an intensely private person and I worry about what people think a little too much. But sometimes I feel like there comes a time when everything just has to be put out there so you can live your truest self.
I also have a habit of deleting my past so I can have a fresh start, but that is not working out. It's not healthy and it's not ideal for learning and growing. Quite frankly, I wish I hadn't deleted my past so many times. Memories have been lost in the process.
So, onward and upward, with my past.
I'm reading Atomic Habits by James Clear and it has been motivating to say the least. I have refocused -- I've been able to revisit habits I've totally given up on and have put to rest -- and I'm excited to try again. It's not like I'm dragging my feet doing it, thinking I won't make it again. Restarting sometimes feels like bringing someone back from the dead, but it's not like that this time. Now I'm pumped and confident I'll succeed.
One habit I've wanted to establish for far too long is writing everyday or writing frequently (enough to get better and make something of myself). (That's where LJ comes in.)
2022 was a BIG year for my writing career, honestly, so I don't want to knock myself too much. I snagged several freelance writing jobs, even a steady one with a media company for several months. That was an INCREDIBLE dream come true. BUT I want to be a writer. I want to have a website or publish my own stories somehow, someway. Therefore, I need to write everyday.
Cheers to 2023 -- to creating productive habits that help me become a better person, and to putting bad habits to rest (as much as I can).
Plus, the new year is upon us. While this Christmas and really the end of the year has been disappointing and stressful, I'm surprisingly optimistic for 2023.
I have gone back and deleted a lot from LJ over the years. Things I didn't want "out there." The rest--ramblings of my everyday frustrations--is kept private because well, it's private.
I struggle with what is still "out there" because I'm an intensely private person and I worry about what people think a little too much. But sometimes I feel like there comes a time when everything just has to be put out there so you can live your truest self.
I also have a habit of deleting my past so I can have a fresh start, but that is not working out. It's not healthy and it's not ideal for learning and growing. Quite frankly, I wish I hadn't deleted my past so many times. Memories have been lost in the process.
So, onward and upward, with my past.
I'm reading Atomic Habits by James Clear and it has been motivating to say the least. I have refocused -- I've been able to revisit habits I've totally given up on and have put to rest -- and I'm excited to try again. It's not like I'm dragging my feet doing it, thinking I won't make it again. Restarting sometimes feels like bringing someone back from the dead, but it's not like that this time. Now I'm pumped and confident I'll succeed.
One habit I've wanted to establish for far too long is writing everyday or writing frequently (enough to get better and make something of myself). (That's where LJ comes in.)
2022 was a BIG year for my writing career, honestly, so I don't want to knock myself too much. I snagged several freelance writing jobs, even a steady one with a media company for several months. That was an INCREDIBLE dream come true. BUT I want to be a writer. I want to have a website or publish my own stories somehow, someway. Therefore, I need to write everyday.
Cheers to 2023 -- to creating productive habits that help me become a better person, and to putting bad habits to rest (as much as I can).