New Year, New Journey

New year? It’s mid July! What are you talking about Julianna?

Often, we set goals at the beginning of the year but what happens when we get distracted? Do we just throw our hands up and say forget it? Sometimes, we do.

At the end of every year, I try to sit down and reflect on the year past and the year ahead. I identify what goals I want to work on for the coming year and I make a plan to achieve them. But also each year, life finds a way of happening the midst of my planning and my well-planned goals. One year, it was the death of my mother, another, the birth of my daughter, yet another, burnout. Last year, it was a change in focus due to my family’s financial position, and this year? Well, my body decided not to cooperate. I had to stop and have knee surgery in May. I’m not sure what happened during the surgery but during my recovery time, a time that I would have otherwise taken full advantage of to catch up on my to do’s, my ambition seemed to take a break of her own. I didn’t feel driven to do anything more than I was already doing (which is always a lot anyway). I knew what my goals were but really didn’t feel like accomplishing any of them.

So what do you do on your journey when you don’t feel like moving? I accepted the fact that I was on autopilot! Instead of pushing, I gave myself permission to do nothing. I prayed and asked God to guide me. And, I (eventually) stopped beating myself up for not being driven and on overdrive 100% of the time.

This lull in activity lasted for over two months and then guess what happened, after praying, resting and not sweating it, my ambition came back with a renewed energy and passion for doing the work I am called to do. And you know what? I’m happy!

So, after a year hiatus from this blog, overcoming life distractions, I am excited to resume my journey writing and sharing about leadership, success strategies and of course, living on purpose!

Until next time…

j

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