Lessons Learned from First Week of 2021

Alright folks, we’re now in Week Two of 2021. How are you doing? Some of you may have crushed the first week of sticking with your resolutions, but there may be some others that have already “fallen off the wagon” with some of their goals.

For me, I had a decent week. As you may remember from my blog last week, I set physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and professional goals for the new year. I bought foods that are recommended for my metabolic and blood type, and I’ve taken on the challenge of creating meals only using the foods on my list. (I pretend that I’m a contestant in an episode of Chopped, except I don’t give myself a time limit. That would stress me out too much!) After just one week of eating according to my metabolic and blood type, I feel less bloated and never hungry! In regards to emotional goal of being more vulnerable, I spent time with a friend — in her backyard, 6 ft. apart and with masks on — and we shared our hearts and lives with each other. There were some tears shed on both sides, and I felt so much closer to her as I left her house. I feel blessed that God gave us that time to bond as sisters in Christ and as bestfriends in the making. Now for the areas I didn’t do too well…

I sort of slacked off on my reading of all THREE BOOKS! I knew as I committed to reading these books that I needed to really stay on top of my reading; however, I did get behind… but only by a few pages in each book. I’ve decided to reset my mental goal by holding off on finishing “Individualist (60 Day Enneagram Devotional): Growing As An Enneagram 4” until I’m done reading one of the two other books that I’m reading.

THE BEAUTY OF SETTING GOALS IS THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS STOP, REASSESS, AND RESET.

I didn’t do so well in my professional goal either. I allowed my daily tasks and getting ready for second semester of homeschooling to distract me from working on the next steps to launching my podcast. I justified it by telling myself that I was actually 10 days ahead of my scheduled tasks… but you know where that type of thinking got the rabbit in the story, The Tortoise and The Hare. No bueno. I’m still technically a couple of days ahead, so I need to make sure I stay on task from here on out.

Spiritually though, I feel that I’ve been working on “getting over myself” daily. I’ve started a 15-minute Yoga Flow series where I’m recording myself teaching a short yoga flow everyday and posting it for my paying clients to access daily. Before the pandemic, I refused to create yoga videos because I hated the way I looked in videos. But since I’ve been teaching virtually for over 10 months, I’m having to get over myself being insecure, body-conscious, and just overall appearance-conscious. I’m enjoying creating these daily videos for people because this isn’t about me; this is about helping people take small (15-minute) steps toward moving more, increasing range of motion/movement, and introducing Yoga to those who may be new to it.

I feel pretty good about how I spent the first week of 2021. There’s room for improvement, but I’m glad I don’t have to be guilt-ridden for not doing everything perfectly. I’m only human, and I can be grateful for this fact. I want to encourage you with this:

1. WE’RE NOT BOUND BY DEATH TO ANY OF OUR PERSONAL RESOLUTIONS!
2. LIFE SHOULD BE LIVED WITH SOME FLEXIBILITY.
3. IF YOU HAD A NOT-SO-GREAT FIRST WEEK OF THE YEAR, IT’S OKAY; YOU GET TO START OVER EVERY MORNING.