Midyear review
Just finished my quarterly review at work and thought why don’t I conduct a quarterly review for my personal year. At the beginning of the year I did something which I’ve never done before and that was to actually write out SMART goals for 2023. I know sounds professional right? I bet a lot of people actually do it but how many actually follow through. If we treated our personal goals like our work goals I bet we would all be superhumans.
Its June so that means I’ve reached the half way mark of this year. 6 months is a good time frame to regroup and reassess, quarterly might be too short a timeframe to implement.
I have a hard time acknowledging my own personal accomplishments and I know that by seeing what I’ve accomplished so far will really encourage me and allow me to give myself a huge pat on the back.
Ok so here goes… (am only capturing what I’ve done so far):
Learnt how to use Adobe Illustrator by completing Immersion Course
Started creating art again, and I’ve taken the plunge into the digital art world
Started this website. Can you believe it? its a WIP but that’s ok
Finished a landscape design course during the winter, now I have a solid foundation for planning ahead for my own garden. (my dream was to become a landscape architect but after taking the course realized I wasn’t so thrilled about measuring things!)
Rebalancing my body- I am recovering from diastasis recti and relearning how to bring my body back into balance is really a journey not a destination. But I’ve reached my first stop ~ my ribs no longer flare out when I’m standing or sitting or lying down. Taken up Pilates again and just getting back to the basics in breathwork and grounding myself.
Spiritually, I am happy to say that by putting it into the calendar I am able to attend mass at least twice a month. Attending Monday morning mass always sets the tone for the rest of the week.
Enjoying my work. My job is busy busy busy but I do it because it brings me joy when I know the impact I make.
Triggers- I am a recovering people pleaser so understanding my triggers and defining my boundaries is something I’m constantly working on. I have to say I have made real progress!!!! I will just walk away where respect is not served and if anyone intrudes my bubble!
Wow, I just read what I wrote and its actually pretty amazing that I did all that in 6months. Yay!!
Now need to plan the next 6 months but that’s for tomorrow.
