Far too many people tell me I am full of potential. I have not lived up to the standards I want to live at nor to the potential people see in me. This is the year of living up to my full potential and taking control of my life. The requires that I change my mindset, perspective and action.
I will be focusing my energy improving five things in my life. After careful reflection, I believe that these five areas in my life create the momentum in my life to get to the next phase of my life.
- Personal Finance. I slid from one extreme to another through the years. I saved TOO much money early on in my life and then spent TOO much money that I didn’t have accessible to me when I dated a girl that had bad financial habits. Her bad habits rubbed off on me and now I’m struggle to get out of debt. I complicate things, my income isn’t as reliable as I want it to be. My financial goal this year is to achieve a harmonious balance between the present and future without the burden of the past.
- Marathon Training. Running created a great positive shift in my life. It’s an area of strength where I can easily build momentum. After feeling happy and content with this part of my life in 2010, I felt that it stagnated last year. I faced few frustrating roadblocks to improvement and injured myself. I did too much too late into training. This year, I’m starting early to develop a solid foundation to marathon training off of. It’s easier to adjust to a schedule and adapt a situation when there is more time to resolve a problem.
- Academic Consistency. The goal of school is to learn something enriching and not a grade. It’s a shift in mindset that I have to full embrace. I’m so focused on trying to get an ‘A’ in one class that I neglect another class or mentally sabotage myself. I drop out of classes or take a failing grade because of fear and lack of faith in myself. My goal is to simple to finish what I started and independently study subjects I am genuinely interested in.
- Discovery and Exploration. One of my many regrets is that I haven’t explored or enjoyed the world around me. I’ve been so cloistered despite pining to go out, explore, and enjoy life. I want to see what’s beyond my current routine. I want to see things and meet people. I want to grow as an individual.
- Expanding the Social Circle. This year I want to nurture and expand my social circle. There are a lot of interesting individuals I’d like to meet and spend time with. I am who I spend time my time with. To be who I want to be, I need to push out my comfort zone to connect with people to create lasting associations and friendships.
Although important, other things I want in my life are secondary or will ride on the back of my primary goals. I can’t spread my energy thin or else the momentum won’t build. The momentum multiplies energy I put in and can be allocated to other places in my life.
I’m curious to know, what are you focusing on this year to rock out a better life?
