First of all, however long you’ve been listening in, reading, dancing along, etc. I want to thank you so much for being here this year as I started this podcast, my new website, offered classes online for the first time, started my YouTube Channel, and Blog! It’s been a challenging year on many levels, and feeling connected in different ways with my community helps.
What an unbelievable year, though. I hope you are well and heartily celebrating having faced the trials we’ve seen in 2020 from health challenges in pandemic to political upheaval, financial, and personal hardships. I urge you to be proud of your efforts, regardless of the particular outcomes you’ve been met with.
With the holidays soon upon us and the new year peeking over the horizon, it’s a natural time to assess our needs and progress, stated goals and values, gained skills and accomplishments. I love getting organized to set up for success as we enter a fresh new year, perhaps this year more than ever! This way I can let go of the past, and move forward with momentum.
I know I’ve been incredibly fortunate to have had success with some of my endeavors this year. I assure you that in many moments it has felt like a struggle, and in some ways any productivity has been a way to deal with anxiety and stress.
And, in other goals that I set out to achieve, I did fall short. Growth in some areas is slower than I’d like, and I have to face my own impatience about that, and strategize to do better. I hope to learn from all of it, and I believe that it’s important to celebrate wherever I can.
This year, I was blessed with the many opportunities and experiences, listed in this episode, including completion of my YTT200 with yogaloft Cologne (in German!), A2.1 level German course, new website, blog, YouTube Channel, and this podcast.
I had started picking one-word themes a few years back and find that it helps me remember what I’m about and why I’m seeking whatever other goals I choose to pursue. So, my overarching theme for the year 2020 was “Courage” or, in German, “der Mut.” So many people have had such a hard time this year, and have had to be so much more courageous for their families that it is humbling.
That said, I am only assessing my own efforts here, and having collected my accomplishments, as well as considering how I’ve faced the circumstances of each day, I do feel successful in this theme. I focused on being love to overcome fear, speaking (a new language!) and taking action where I could, as well as resting and caring for myself in order to keep going. I have been the brave badass I wanted to embody, having no idea what I would face!
I could not have done it alone, and am so grateful for the help and support I receive from my girlfriend, family, friends, students, clients, and colleagues!
Next time I’ll discuss the specific vision, skills, habits, and accomplishments I’m seeking in 2021, and following that I’m going to drill in on healthy habits that serve me and my projects and how to succeed at forming your own new habits to achieve your goals next year.
Meanwhile, let me know what achievements you are celebrating from this year, and what you’re envisioning for yourself and the global community in 2021! Happy Holidays!
