Hey lovelies
Hope you’ve had a fantastic start to the
year.
I had a bit of a lazy start, and decided to
take it easy over the last few weeks and just relax with friends and family.
But I’m now rearing to go and to can’t wait for everything this year is going
to bring.
I just have a really good feeling that it’s
going to be an amazing year J
Saying that, as I continue to plan for
2015, I find myself reflecting on the lessons I learned in 2014 and thinking
about the quote: “You can't know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve
been” which is also a variant of the quote “Those who are unaware of history
are destined to repeat it”.
To be honest 2014 was a bit of a mixed bag
for me with a few big wins and a number of disappointments, but on a whole it
was a year that taught me a few things about how I want to move forward for
this year.
1)
To start doing things to make my own dreams
come true as opposed to working on someone else’s dream. This was a tough
lesson to learn as I'm someone who likes to give and help but time and time
again I found out that I was being used by people to fulfil their own dreams
whilst I was left standing on the sidelines. This year is about me moving
forward on all the amazing things I would like to do with focus and discipline.
It’s was a painful lesson to learn but one that has helped to shape my mindset
for this year.
2)
That it’s very hard to let go but extremely
exciting and rewarding when you do. In my last motivational blog post of 2014, I
talked about letting go of disappointments and allowing yourself to see the
beauty of new things. I realised that I had held onto an image for so long of
how I thought a plan was meant to work out that I wasn’t allowing myself to see
plan B. So I had to learn to stop holding onto old things, to be brave and
choose a new path
3)
To let go of my fears. Towards the end of
last year I challenged myself to face once of my biggest fears and something I
had been avoiding dealing with for a number of years. Was I terrified? Yes, but
I knew I had to do it because this fear had been holding me back in so many
ways. And the result was I felt incredibly free, like I was opening up the window
to my locked room and allowing myself to go out and embrace life.
4)
My absolute biggest lesson was to start believing
in myself, to realise that YES I AM AMAZING (and I say that with complete
humility). It’s something I have definitely struggled with in the past and as a
result I don’t really put myself forward because of all my doubts. But I realised
that I needed to have a clear and higher definition of who I am, so I’ve
started a journey to start believing and betting on me.
What did you learn about yourself and life
last year? I would love to know in the comments below
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