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How To Remember 2019 The Right Way.

 

Yesterday, I was scrolling on Instagram like usual and came across a post by my preacher Pastor Steven Furtick (shoutout to Elevation Church, my second home). He posted a clip from a previous sermon that was talking about how you can start the new year off right. The 60-second clip was about how to properly remember the new year right. I really enjoyed this clip because it was during this time that I was creating a list of goals that I wanted to accomplish for the new year, something that I do traditionally every year, and every year I struggle with the same problem of repeating goals because I never complete them. I will list some of those reoccurring goals below.

1. Read more.
2. Work out more.
3. Go out more with your friends.

And these are goals that more of us tend to include in our new year's resolutions. While most people may read these and go ..." there doesn't seem to be a problem to me" , I do and I will tell you what it is. When I first created these goals I created them from a place where things went wrong in the past year, but after yesterday I think the reason I may not accomplish them the way I expect to is because I am thinking of it from a negative place. I was using questions like these to help me create my goals: "what went wrong, how did it go wrong, what did I do wrong". It was in the clip that Pastor Steven shared that he mentioned how important it is to pay attention to the perspective of your remembrance, you have to remember the things that went right that year. A lot of things had to go right because you would have not been in the place you are in today if they hadn't. So I wanted to challenge myself this year to remember 2019 differently. To replace my old questions, I'll instead ask myself these questions "what am I proud of, what worked for me, and lastly, how can I make it even better. Changing these questions will allow me to be more appreciative of 2019 because, a lot of things went well for me this year. I managed to make the Dean's List, pass my  Anatomy & Physiology class ( I still have to take it over but at least I got the credit for the class), keep my GPA above a 3.0 even while struggling in Anatomy & Physiology, become Sophomore Class President, and join Students for Education Reform as a lead organizer. So as you can see I have a lot to be grateful for, so 2020 I want to make my year better than what it was last year and still remember how great 2019 was. With that being said I have new goals for myself that are more focused on this year.

1. Read a book once a month.
2. Work out 3x a week.
3. Cook more food.
4. Start my mornings off earlier.
5. Do more things outside of my family.

To change my perspective I changed the wording of those goals by including more positive toned words such as more and earlier because I am allowing myself to recognize that I tried before, I am giving myself the credit for last year's hard work. I am excited to see how this changes my outcome stay toon for updates.

As a challenge for you all,  I want my readers to comment on their goals for 2020, let's hold each other accountable.


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