I was deleting clutter from my phone's pictures during the odd limbo of After-Christmas and Before-New Year's week, and started off by deleting screenshots since many of those had to do with my old job. The oldest screenshot I have on my phone is from February 6, 2015. It is a random paragraph from a random list on a random website I no longer visit (StumbleUpon), and the random paragraph says the following:
Move towards what you want rather than away from what you don't: Make sure that your dominant actions are occurring because you want something to happen, rather than because you are afraid of what might happen. For example, call your Mom when you want to talk to her, not when you are afraid she will get mad at you for not calling. Moving because of fear creates more fearful experiences. Moving because of your dreams makes more dreams happen. Move mindfully.
This has been on my mind ever since that day. I never remember the full quote verbatim, but I remember the general idea to act because I want a positive outcome, not a negative one. I think it has given my days a little more spark than before, and that tense day-to-day, continuous buzzing in my head has definitely toned down. Of course, that could also have to do with the fact that I gave myself about 2 weeks off from work, and even though my household was plagued with some horrid, miscellaneous gastrointestinal virus for the last week of 2021, it was so refreshing to just be Mom and nothing else.
As I buckle down to face 2022 and the intimidating dreams (ahem, plans.) I have for this year, I want the Move Mindfully adage to be my number 1 resolution. It helps even on the small stuff. Especially on the small stuff. Daily example: In about 15 minutes I will go wash my dishes because I like having a clean kitchen to work with and I deserve it. I will not go wash my dishes because they've been sitting there for 2 days and I'm disgusting. Mindfulness matters.
I feel like life has me in a little bit of a limbo right now, and not sure where my plans are headed. This is the first year since I became a teenager that I don't remember having a set list of resolutions, goals, or even wishes to achieve, so I took a few minutes to think of how I'd like my year to go, strictly based on previous years.
- Move Mindfully
- Read 42 new books
- Pay off our new windows, $7,300 by November
- Save between $10,000 and $16,000 depending on both of our jobs throughout the year
- Declutter 1 room of my house each month
- Send at least 25 items to Amazon FBA every week
- Drink 1 bottle of water with 1 meal each day
- Blog at least once every quarter
