I like many others start out a new year with ambitions to do more of ____, less of ____, and just enough of ____. While I set off each year with good intentions somehow I only see about half of my goals through. This becomes increasingly frustrating year after year and seems to set my vision lower each year as I fear I cannot reach a high bar and see it through to completion.

If I’m being honest I feel like I’ve started out this year much the same as mentioned above. My mind dreams up big opportunities and rarely do I write these down or move them past the idea stage. It causes me to spin in place, become distracted out of necessity, and finally a little less confident than I was before. This is a strange place that I never thought I would be in as an adult and a younger me might have a few thoughts on how unproductive and unsuccessful thirty-one-year-old Casey is.

There isn’t a lot of fear in sharing these truths because I know I’m not alone in feeling this way. I’m not alone in feeling things have happened differently than I expected them to.

All I know is where I am today and where I hope to go moving forward. I’ll share more about my desired destinations in my next post. Until then enjoy this graphic I found on LinkedIn.

-Casey