This isn’t about making all those ambitious resolutions we rarely keep. It’s not about losing weight or working out more or getting organized. But it is a personal inventory of sorts…
What do you need to shed? What judgments, guilt or bad habits –habits that keep you down–can you leave behind in 2019 so you can spring forward into 2020 feeling more yourself than ever before?
This year has opened my eyes to things I’m doing or feeling or allowing that have held me back.
Like fear.
Or accepting less-than-respectful behavior from others.
You see what I mean.
Let this be the last year we let people tiptoe or bulldoze over our boundaries.
Let this be the last year we allow anyone–especially ourselves–to make us feel small.
Let this be the last year that we accept less than we deserve or give others less than they deserve from us.
Let this be the last year we let fear make decisions for us.
Let this be the last year we stay silent when we should speak up (or the other way around).
Let this be the last year we apologize for the effects of chronic illness; those inconveniences, lost work days, being late, missing appointments or parties or church or lunch dates or recitals–because, mind you, we never asked for this either.
Let this be the last year we don’t run full steam ahead after our dreams.
Let this be the last year that we don’t speak our needs and do what we can to get them met.
Let this be the last year we don’t put ourselves first at least once in awhile, no matter how foreign or selfish it feels. (Psst…it’s not selfish, it’s necessary).
Let this be the last year we keep quiet about what we want.
Let this be the last year we don’t ask for help!
Let this be the last year we don’t fight for our own health. Find a doctor who will listen to and properly address your needs. Remember, they work for you.
Let this be the last year you don’t carve out time for your spiritual health.
Let this be the last year you don’t demand mental health care if you need it.
Let this be the last year you compare your hair, weight, clothes, bank account, family or number of followers on social media. Appreciate your life and yourself.
Let this be the last year you think or speak negatively about yourself. Speak good words to and about yourself every single day.
Let this be the last year we don’t appreciate the gift of aging. I’m turning 50 in 2020 and I’m embracing that gift!
Let this be the year that_________________. How will you fill in that blank? Leave it in comments.
Let 2020 be the year we take chances, speak up and stand up for ourselves or others, say what we want and need, grab our dreams, appreciate who we are and what we have, stop neglecting ourselves, chase back fear and feelings of less than. Let us re-ignite our passions and our faith and dig deeper to discover more about both.
Design this new year not to just make you happy, but to develop peace in your life.
I turn 50 in 2020 and my baby graduates from high school. This year is going to be huge, emotional, powerful, fun, full of new things and embracing new milestones age for my son and myself. In a few months, I will have both of my children graduated from high school, planning bright futures, and a new adventure as a mom of adults starts for me. I’m excited to see what God brings for us in 2020! I want you to be excited too.
Let 2020 be the best and most fulfilling year yet.
