Taking Inventory of Myself this New Years
‘Tis the season to evaluate my position in this world. What have I accomplished? What do I want to accomplish? How do I line up against my own expectations? Well the last one is easy – I never meet my own expectations, but in some perverse way I think that’s a good thing – it’s what keeps me driven to improve myself.
2007 in Review
I sold my house, moved in with the man of my dreams and am building what feels like the perfect nest with him. This pretty much overshadows everything else – my love and life with Emmot is more than I ever hoped for.
After a fair amount of inner-turmoil, I made some career decisions and changes that seem to be a good move. It’s still early, but I feel fairly confident that I am bringing valuble skills to the position, and in turn, the position will provide me with plenty of challenges and growth potential.
I have significantly engaged in the business and inner-workings of my spiritual community. This has pluses and minuses – on one hand I feel more “connected” to the church, but on the other hand, it is, at times, difficult to separate from the business of the church to experience the pure spiritual aspect which brought me there in the first place. A balance I need to work on inside myself.
I feel like I am making some progress in getting plugged in to some community and social justice causes. There is still much work to be done here – there always will be – but I am making progress. I am focusing most importantly on “walking the walk” – I have a long way to go, but I feel like I am making progress in bringing home to my everyday life the changes I want to see in the world.
My Vision for 2008
My partner and I are planning a handfasting ceremony this spring (on the Vernal Equinox) to celebrate our love and commitment to each other. He is a constant source of inspiration for me. I love him and appreciate him everyday!
I strive to do more toward spiritual growth. Emmot and I are discussing hosting some Earth/Nature centered ceremonies, book discussion groups, etc. at our home to further bond with people of like-mind and to celebrate the aspects of our spirituality that are important to us.
I am not getting any younger and would like to make some life-style changes that will help my health as I continue to age. I need to lose some weight; I need to increase my cardio vascular capacity and overall fitness level. I need to stop telling myself that I’ll do this “tomorrow.”
I want to be a person I am proud of being every day.
2007 in Review
I sold my house, moved in with the man of my dreams and am building what feels like the perfect nest with him. This pretty much overshadows everything else – my love and life with Emmot is more than I ever hoped for.
After a fair amount of inner-turmoil, I made some career decisions and changes that seem to be a good move. It’s still early, but I feel fairly confident that I am bringing valuble skills to the position, and in turn, the position will provide me with plenty of challenges and growth potential.
I have significantly engaged in the business and inner-workings of my spiritual community. This has pluses and minuses – on one hand I feel more “connected” to the church, but on the other hand, it is, at times, difficult to separate from the business of the church to experience the pure spiritual aspect which brought me there in the first place. A balance I need to work on inside myself.
I feel like I am making some progress in getting plugged in to some community and social justice causes. There is still much work to be done here – there always will be – but I am making progress. I am focusing most importantly on “walking the walk” – I have a long way to go, but I feel like I am making progress in bringing home to my everyday life the changes I want to see in the world.
My Vision for 2008
My partner and I are planning a handfasting ceremony this spring (on the Vernal Equinox) to celebrate our love and commitment to each other. He is a constant source of inspiration for me. I love him and appreciate him everyday!
I strive to do more toward spiritual growth. Emmot and I are discussing hosting some Earth/Nature centered ceremonies, book discussion groups, etc. at our home to further bond with people of like-mind and to celebrate the aspects of our spirituality that are important to us.
I am not getting any younger and would like to make some life-style changes that will help my health as I continue to age. I need to lose some weight; I need to increase my cardio vascular capacity and overall fitness level. I need to stop telling myself that I’ll do this “tomorrow.”
I want to be a person I am proud of being every day.
posted by 10-8-ious | 8:00 PM
1 Comments:
I'm trying to do the same thing...I do it every year and try to see the progress. I always, however, excell in the business and financial related aspects of my goals and fail miserably in the physical and mental health side of the goals set.
This year I am going to make a concerted effort to change that. Anyway, great to hear your relationship and spiritual growth is coming along. Mine is getting there slowly but surely.
Hope to see and hear from you in the new year...
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