My life 2010 to 2011
Posted by creining | Filed under Personal
In my post My life from 2009 to 2010 a year ago I wrote about how I had the tendency to set too many ambitious goals therefore I set less and didn’t have expectations. Here’s what they were:
- Camp at Sidie Hollow County Park nope, no camping but the following was close!
- Trip to Alaska, Anchorage to Denali yes! a wildlife bonanaza
- Travel to Argentina no, Paris instead!
- Fly fly fly (a trip to Washington Island is in order) unfortunately, no
- Learn about investment real estate yes, REITs or MLPs are what I would pursue
Besides those things I also traveled to Cleveland, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and the Turks and Caicos. It was a busy year. I think over the course of year 2010 I lived in the present more and I am happy about that change. It is really exhausting to always be looking ahead rather than just being. My old self did that. I have become a lot more relaxed and happy by making a conscious change to not obsess over what needs to be done tomorrow or next week or next month. I am, like anybody, going to spend time on those things I enjoy doing but I don’t plan them as much. I will go camping, flying, I will travel abroad; I will pursue whatever my passions are. However, I am only making one goal this year and I want to truly honor it throughout the year. I think if I do this everything will fall into place. That goal is (drum roll please):
- Start each and every day with surrender
If I truly remember and honor it throughout the year then everything should fall into place. Now I can’t just say I’m going to stick to it and that’s that. I’m going to do a simple morning meditation focused on my willingness to surrender and asking a higher power for the strength to follow that through. During this meditation I will envision a river that I call my life rushing past me and I make a conscious decision to stop swimming upstream, turning to face wherever it takes me and letting go of the foothold that keeps me stuck in frustration. I lift my feet and float freely with the current, instead of swimming and struggling against it; allowing the current of something greater than myself to carry me where it will.