My 2015 Goals Update

We are already at the end of the first quarter of 2015 and I’ve found myself in an interesting place.

When I wrote my goals for 2015, I planned to assess my progress at the end of each quarter. What I didn’t bargain for was my change of heart.
January was a tough month and towards the end of the month, I was fighting my depression to the best of my abilities. One weapon in my armoury was to ‘cut myself some slack’, which I did- by shelving my goal list as it was becoming a grindstone around my neck.

It was amazingly freeing. To be able to get up in the morning and not have to tick off a list what I should be doing. (Note the word ‘should’). The constant tick list being carried over each week barely touched was adding to my blue mood.

So now that I’m at the end of the first quarter I’m looking back and assessing how things are looking.

: I am in a much better place emotionally. ( being ‘to do list’ free, spring being here and the Lent smile challenge have definitely helped.)
: I am ‘reading’ a lot more. (Thoroughly enjoying using Audible- so not really reading but rather listening.)
: I am socialising with my friends a lot more and exploring Tokyo at the same time.
: I am planning to do the Yamathon in May. (The Yamathon is a fundraising challenge in support of Oxfam Japan, where we have to walk the entire circuit of the Yamanote line. In teams of 3 or 4, we choose our own route {approx 42km}, taking photographs of the team outside each station. The teams have 12 hours to complete it!)
: Spiritually things are rather dry, but I know what I need to do to change that.

The realisation that my ‘To Do List’ was stressing me and shelving it was a great solution.
I still would like to achieve a lot of them, but now I view my goal list as a bucket list.
Something that I would like to achieve- sometime in my life….