Happy With My Goals

I'm really happy that I've outlined those goals for myself.  After seeing them on my blog yesterday, I realized that having a road map for myself is actually making my life a lot easier these days.  Every month I have a set of tasks that I want to get accomplished.  When I look at that list, I remember to pick up a book and get reading, which lowers my stress and makes me happier.  I keep exercising because it feels so good to check that off the list at the end of the month.  I've been trying to tackle various other things at least once a month because it feels good.  The slow but steady progress makes me feel like I'm accomplishing things in my life and that makes me feel good about myself.

I've been thinking so much about my future lately.  Sometimes I feel like I'm stuck waiting for my life to start.  I live for my weekends not because I don't like my job or anything like that, but because my weekends are spent with the one person that I really want to spend my life with.  It's a hard position to be in.  Things at work run hot and cold.  Either I have one million tasks to complete, or nothing at all.  I also have a bunch of projects going at the same time so it can be hard to keep track of them all.  I've been keeping a list next to my computer and that seems to be helping these past few weeks.  My new boss starts in two weeks so I'm trying to up my productivity level before he gets back.

I've always had goals, but never in a place where I could easily access them before.  Thus, all my goal setting in the past wasn't very productive as I would forget them nearly as soon as I set them and I'd be lucky if I'd remember to look back and think about them.  Now, I'm getting things done, I'm learning new skills and recipes, I'm making more time for myself, and I feel good about everything.  My goals keep me focused on my life in the hear and now.  They keep me thinking about what I do have control over and living my life.  And with each thing that I cross off, I smile and remember that I can do anything I set my mind too.

I can't wait for the end of the year to roll around.  I'm hoping to have crossed off everything (if not, then nearly everything) and realize how far I've come over the year.  I have a lot of things going for me right now, and that list is living proof.

My life is changing as I'm getting older and growing up.  I'm transitioning in my life from college student to working adult.  I'm taking baby steps, but I'm getting there.  With each day that passes, with each new skill I learn, and with each step in the right direction, I'm moving forward with my life.  It's not what I expected, but that's how life works.  It isn't always fair but that's just the way things go.  I look back to my blog entries from a year ago and smile when I think about how far I've come.  It makes me wonder about just how far I can go in this life.  It feels like there are so many different possibilities and I'm excited to see where the journey takes me.