Hello friends, it has been soooooo long. We took a little break over the holidays, to of course practice what we share and focus on us, family, friends or maybe not any of those things. We did take time to review our last year-what a crazy/wonderful year, and begin to make plans for 20/20. We forget in the hustle and bustle how much work we have done and connections we have made. It is easy to get in the frame of mind of “ohhhh I wish we sold out of product”, or “I really wanted more likes for that post”, BUT we cannot dwell on that. That is why I see the year 2020 as 20/20 because clarity, seeing clearly on our WHY is so important. We then make the HOW with small steps, daily consistencies, daily practice of trying and trying again.
We can dwell and think about 365 days (or 366 as someone reminded me). We can swirl around on how maybe the last 365 were hard, awful, painful-like the kind where you are trying to claw your way out of a mud hole and every reach forward causes backward motion. Or like me, I am recollecting and can say the last 365 days were pretty damn good for us on this journey. I keep that on the down low though because that beast we call anxiety hates to celebrate. It says to us “Don’t celebrate, something bad could happen, be prepared”. I get it, mental wellness and supporting someone struggling is often like that. We watch the person reaching or we ARE the person reaching. We see success but wait for the other shoe. I HATE the other shoe feeling. To this all I can say is I am sorry for the rough times, and I see you, with 20/20 vision. Which brings me to 20/20 and the whole New Year gig.
As we move forward in 20/20 or any new year we often have these high aspirations, new goals, great transformation plans, renewed sense of EVERYTHING. As my 17 year old said when I felt bad for him being home on New Year’s Eve, he stated, “na-it is over rated”. I KNOW he said it, not sure he meant it. Don’t we all get that little deep feeling of anticipation or that SOMETHING sparkly and spectacular will happen when we change the year on our check blanks. I wish.
What we CAN do is get clear, plan a vision-add some steps to that vision. We have 366 chances to start and exist in each day-to do and try some little things that will matter to us. Pick ONE, just ONE thing we have shared in the last year or will be sharing and then DO.
We cannot wait to have 365 days (give or take with our other lives and careers) to connect, share and DO with each of you. Lets make this journey called mental wellness a big deal and provide a 20/20 lens to it!
