A Work In Progress: Twenty21
A work in progress
We’ve all just experienced a world of events for 2020. For many, it felt like the crumbling of our humor and stability, but we all had to show up anyway. It felt like many worlds of events wouldn’t let up, but we still had to show up. 2020 felt like we all had to fight battles within ourselves and adapt to sudden change. We had to accept some hurdles, but we also had some amazing defeats. The new year is always a restart of joy, faith, excellence, integrity, humility, life, goals and Grace.
A new year always bring about a new year determination. Why is that? Is this from not carrying out what we say we would do the year prior? Does it come from falling along the way without knowing how to go back and start again? Does the new year create a new vision for you to work towards?
The new year for me has always been about creating or re-directing something within myself. It’s always been about working toward those things that would make me a better person. One year my focus was being more discipline and aware of my strength. Another year was about perseverance and de-cluttering my life. The new year has always been about the gratefulness of seeing a new year. It’s been about achieve growth and fulfilling goal after goal.
I remember in 2017, right before the clock strikes 12am to welcome 2018, I spoke to God about being more open to receive love. I wanted to be more open about myself and my personality. I wanted to be more genuine when people crossed my path. I wanted to let down my guard and trust that love would happen. I desired it, so I did the work I felt that I needed to do at that point to be ready to receive and accept love. I created boundaries and I even let some down. I met people and I went out more. I started speaking and building relationships. I was true to myself and started to accept the thing would deny. In 2019, a few short months after the new year, I was given the stamp of approval from God to NOT only to be open to receive love but be ready. I met someone. Amazing right. I learned more about myself but also about building with someone else. In 2020 we became a couple. I didn’t give God an expiration date, nor did I have alternative plans if this wasn’t going to be. I told God what I wanted, did the work, and He did the rest. The new year creates hope. It’s a new start to make things right. It’s a new beginning to set goals and create those possibilities.
A work in progress
We’re evolving individuals. We prosper and could create change. We have goals and we seek to be better people daily. What hinders us sometimes it that we live inside our emotions and create mental defeats. We sometimes feel like life throws us misfortunes, but the truth is, you learn something from it. Seeing a new year is the blessing. The new year is refreshing. Many people are creating their resolutions and ready to be better than last year. What do you notice in seeing someone else’s resolutions? We see people persistently posting their goals and speaking about things they want to achieve. It shows us to go after the things we want. When we accomplish one goal always have another commitment we want to fulfill. Here’s four steps to get you to start your goals:
1. Write/Journal- place those goals on paper. Every thought; even the things you think won’t work. Think about all you want to do and how it aligns with your overall goal/vision.
2. Speak- talk out loud about those goals. Be brave in knowing that those things you put out in the universe will come back to you. You might also find that other people may need your voice to find theirs. Talk to close friends about what you want to do. Get their advice but don’t let their advice discourage you. Many people will be honest, and many will be supportive.
3. Create the vision- put that goal into execution. Take your notes from what you wrote, (or your journal) and start crossing off the things that don’t contribute to your plan. No matter what you want to do, this is where you research and gather all the advice you received and birth this goal.
4. Build/Post/Brand- this is your time. This is your happiness and hard work speaking outwardly. This is your growing place. This is putting your all together for the goal to be birthed. This is your work (in) progress. This is the place of getting you more places.
Whether this exposes your strength or creates inspiration, whether this create boundaries or an overflow of insight, whether the isolation creates a moment of clarity or prosperity, the work in progress is WORKING IN PROGRESS. Never give up. Never think that the odds are against you. Never think that your idea won’t work. Even after the goal is fulfilled, keep learning and growing. A new year can start you on the right path, but each year should be improvement if you’re proceeding.
I was always taught that God operates in hitting a moving target. Two words: GET MOVING. You want that new house or new job, get moving. You want to improve your credit, get moving. You want to create that business, get moving. You want to help save lives, get moving. You want to get discipline and de-clutter your life, get moving.
I see the power of speaking things into existence. I also see the reaping of blessings from the hard work contributed. Keep elevating. Keep creating those vision boards that creates the layout for your future. Determination or new year, the goal is to keep working and see the Progress.
