A year ago I wrote a post setting out not my new year's resolutions but my "every day goals" for the year: the things I wanted to consciously choose to prioritise, things that I knew had value in making my life richer and more fulfilled.
https://stepsadventures.blogspot.com/2021/01/everyday-goals.html
I guess now it's January again, it's time to look back and see how I did.
The context has, of course, shifted during the year: through various phases on restrictions to approaching alleged "normality" and everything in between; with varying other activities and responsibilities vying for my attention too as life reinvented itself multiple times. These goals were always deliberately intended to be things which weren't dependent on external circumstances, but the rest of life inevitably impinges too.
Some I have stuck at better than others. I think I probably have gone outdoors if not every single day this year, then pretty close to it (with which I am very aware of the privilege of never having had to self-isolate and be locked away for days on end). I am pleased with my commitment to seeking out things which bring me joy and of remembering to be grateful for the small and the big things that enrich my life.
With many of them, I have gone through phases. The more creative ones, have certainly had dry patches. I haven't always done as good a job as I'd have hoped of putting down my phone or not scrolling meaninglessly through social media but I have been conscious of trying to at times. I have stayed connected with various friends and family but also remain aware of the unanswered messages and emails, the unfulfilled good intentions.
Overall, I think I'd give myself above satisfactory, but probably not outstanding. But then again, that wasn't really the point. I let myself off the hook by saying from the start that these were things I wanted to aim for, to prioritise, to keep in my consciousness: and that, at least, I think I have done relatively well.
So what about for the year ahead? Well, to be honest, last year's list is still a pretty good starting point as they are still things I consider important, but in the interest of refreshing it a little, and because this is something that keeps coming back to me, this year I am going to focus on the things I want to "seek out", either within me or around me, or in some cases both.
This is undoubtedly not an exhaustive list, and I confess that once I'd found myself starting to make alliterative that did set a limit on what I was going to include. Then again, I also want it to be short enough to be something I can realistically keep in mind; so here is this year's "Things to Seek Out" list:
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