Is it too cheesy to call this Motivation Monday?
Monday, December 01, 2014
As far as Monday's go, this is probably a good one. I'm done with school forever, I've just come back from one of the best weeks of my life in Singapore and I'm about to move to the city - things are looking up!! Normally, I'm one of those people who hates Monday's - like, why does a day have to come to ruin the weekend? - but today is just one of those days where I get to chill out, catch up on TV shows, read a book and make endless amounts of smoothies.
First things first (I'm the realest… sorry, I had to do that) when it comes to setting goals I am absolutely rubbish! I constantly write 'to-do' lists but never seem to check anything off them (this could also be due to the fact that I am a severe procrastinator!!!). This past weekend I've been thinking about the goals I would like to achieve and when I would like to do them by; for example I would love to take more photography classes, take a trip to visit my friends in Seattle and I want to begin writing everyday in a journal again. To complete these things I need to set some sort of time targets - in the next 2 weeks I want to have booked photography lessons, in a month I want to have booked flights to Seattle and this weekend I am going to pick out my new journal.
I also need to learn to start letting go, which scares me immensely!! I'm the sort of person who (although a procrastinator) likes to have everything organised and know when everything is happening. I've recently realised that this isn't possible, it's not possible for me to organise certain areas of my life or the people around me. I just can't. A few weeks ago I decided that there was a very prominent part of my life that just had to go. Although at the time I felt somewhat fine about it, it's only now that I'm beginning to see how prominent this part was in my life. I do however, feel as though I've gained control back in my life. It was a terrifying thought to let this particular part go but now that it's done I feel so much better within myself. Like by making that one choice, I've become a totally
With letting go comes a fresh start. I find it quite easy to feel like I'm wading in my own, and sometimes others, problems and act as if there is no end in sight. I like to start each month with a brand new slate and start afresh. As I just mentioned the end of November proved quite challenging and emotional however I feel as though the entire experience was actually quite rewarding. I don't want to pretend that month never happened but I do want to put it in the back of my mind only to know that it has made me a stronger and hopefully better person.
- Emma xo
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