I made a list of Summer Goals the day after school let out…I remember I was laying at the pool with Mr. Bear, feeling all motivated and amazing, thinking, “Wow, I have the whole summer ahead of me to do SO many things!! I am going to make a list of things that I must do to ensure that I have the very best summer possible.”
I looked at my list yesterday and noticed a few things. 1. I am not very ambitious. 2. I have not met many of my goals and my summer is over one month from Monday. 3. I left out a lot of things that I should have wanted to do (i.e. hang out with my sister, go to Cape Cod, go to Destin, etc).
I can honestly say that I have done the following:
Be Happy
Spend time with my nephews
Then I got to thinking…I really don’t feel like I should be upset with myself for not trying harder to meet my goals. I know that the most important thing in my life is to BE HAPPY and I know that I have been pretty smiley since my summer started. To be happy, I have clearly been doing things to make me happy.
So what if those things that have made me happy aren’t on this list? I guess the only person who could be disappointed about this is myself – and I am so not disappointed.
Happiness is the key to life – and last school year I was one miserable bear. I made goals that I either couldn’t achieve or became so obsessed with, that I made myself crazy. I think I need to stay away from “goal making” from now on.
So friends, on this fine Tuesday, answer me this:
Do you make personal goals for yourself?
If so, what kinds of goals?
Do you write them down somewhere, or keep them up in your head? Do you give yourself a deadline to meet your goals?
I agree- that as long as you are HAPPY and enjoying your summer, that’s all that matters! I did have some goals, which included getting our house put together, which has yet to happen…
I did the same thing– made a bunch of summer goals and have completed like 3 of them! So you are not alone! I had a really hard school year last year, too so here’s to hoping this one is better!
That should be our overall goal – have a better school year!
If you have happiness, faith, and love then you’ve got it all! I love the Pinterest quote. 🙂
New follower from GFC blog hop! I have managed to accomplish some of my goals this summer, but I’m a long ways away from completing all of them! I set them on a weekly basis, but I’m feeling pressed for time since nursing school starts in a few weeks. I procrastinated big time for a while, and I have just recently got my tail in gear :).
I hope you’ll join me at http://faithhopeabound.blogspot.com/!
Following you back hon! I absolutely LOVE your blog header! It’s so darn cute!
Thank you so much!!! I love my header too – however I was just thinking of getting a blog makeover which would mean I would lose it :-/
Oh my gosh, that quote is so adorable. I love, love, love it. I’m following you back and your blog is so cute. I can’t wait to read more!
xo
MacKensie
Those are great goals – especially be happy! I don’t write mine down, but I feel like if I did I would be better at actually doing them! You really got me thinking about this – I’m going to make a list!
i think visit momo and rugg is a definite, those peeps sound wicked cool
Haha you wouldn’t be biased towards that one because perhaps you are one of them would you? 🙂 xoxo
I got a couple of things knocked off my summer bucket list, but I still have a ways to go. 🙂