I have over the
last few years made a point of reviewing the results of goals I have set for
myself. What I have and continue to
learn in my kung fu and in my life experiences is that there is extreme value
in evaluating the results. It truly is in this that you learn the most and have
a better chance of success the next time around.
My first ‘list’
I made and actually wrote down in black and white, was in the late night hours
after my black belt grading. On that
piece of paper I started with listing the things I did that I thought worked
well for me and given the chance I would do again. Following that was the list
of what didn’t work and what I would do differently. Seeing just how much this self-evaluation
helped me in choosing new goals as well as building on the goals I had made in
the past, only encouraged me to continue and to make this part of my goal
setting journey.
As valuable as I
have found this tool/habit, I have found it easier to do with some goals over
others. I’ve struggled with trying to figure this out and all I can come up
with so far has been that it seems to be largely influenced by what is going on
in my life at that time and whether my heart is really in the place that makes
that goal a priority or of importance in that moment. Is that goal serving me, mind, body and
soul? As I have revisited my goals
throughout the year, I have observed that most of my ‘kung fu’ ones in the
physical sense have suffered. However, what has been very evident to me is that
the personal ones I have set for myself have actually come out quite strong
with the added bonus of learning more and adding to what I had planned in
directions I did not foresee. This I see as awesome and makes my year in my
eyes a successful one. I have been
challenged, I have learnt and expanded on things I thought I understood and
believed and through all this I have grown and gained some clearer
clarification as to the direction I want to and need to go. All this may be totally unobservable to the
outside eye, but what is really important is what I know and am confident of in
my own heart.
I am not sure of
where all this will lead or where exactly I will land, but I am confident that
it will be somewhere great and as long as I am willing and ready, it will
result in a lifetime of adventures yet to come.
Alana Regier
As we have celebrated both our boys birthdays this past week, I have found many pictures of many adventures and memories! This picture was from a few years ago at a favorite lake just outside Jasper. Here's to many more great memories and adventures.
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