If you’ve followed along in my best year ever series, “THANKS!” If you haven’t shame on you, here’s a recap. I set five major and two minor goals for the year 2017. They were:
Quote from Leon Brown.
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Publish
Repair and remodel my house
Learn a martial art
There were three clear successes, (Travel, Promotion, Art Show), two that could have gone better (Learning a foreign language and Repairing and remodeling house) and two clear failures.
This post is about the failures.
No matter how many posts and books you read, no matter what productivity podcasts you listen to or self-improvement videos you watch, failures big and small are inevitable.
Failure is more instructive than success if done right. A close examination will either explain why you failed or whether you should never have attempted anyway. Here are my big three of 2017, going from bad to worst.
Repair and remodel the house
I did make repairs to my roof and ceiling damaged by hurricane Matthew in 2016. The house still needs to be rewired and the ceiling painted. I also need to make bookcases and a display stand for my artwork. Why did I stop? I ran out of money (Norway is not cheap) and more importantly, I lost interest. Considering how much I got done, I don’t feel so bad.
Publish
Pushing the ‘Publish’ button on this blog is getting easier, which is a small win in itself but my heart says that it wants to publish a book of erotica and poetry. My head says that this is a good way to get laughed at and cause problems at work. Even more frightening is the thought that I might take on such a challenge and then have no one buy the book.
In short, fear is holding me back. Is the fear unwarranted, are there other ways to carry out this goal? Stay tuned for further developments (I hope).
Learn a martial art
Totally did not attempt. I live within a walking distance of a martial arts studio. I constantly promise that I will look in. Why haven’t I moved on this?
Fear. Fear of getting hurt, again. I went to jiu-jitsu when I was younger and still remember what it was like to get slammed to the mat. Now that I’m older and more brittle, the possibility of an untimely death plays on my mind. I did start a power yoga routine to get in shape for jiu-jitsu but stopped that when I hurt myself.
Conclusion
Fear of physical injury, fear of mental/emotional are my barriers. Are they unfounded and should I plan a way around them or choose different goals? Your thoughts?
I hope that you’ve enjoyed reading about what it takes to have a truly memorable year.
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