On feeling blue, trying to set goals and 10 journal prompts to have a better day
It’s been a while since I’ve just kind of wrote on here and I missed it. It’s now mid-August and everyone that I know that has kids is talking about that back to school season, everyone getting back into their routine, some of it good, some of it stressful, back to that daily “grind.”
Although there is still about a month left of Summer and even more warm temperatures here in the South, people are mentioning the end of summer, by which I think they mean the end of carefree days and long nights. Which, I mean, I still have a couple trips planned for the remainder of these warmer days. I always hated this when I was in school myself. Why did people have to put such a depressing spin on things when all we really did was go to school until 2:30 and then we pretty much still had the afternoon to do what we wanted and it was actually still swelteringly hot outside.
Even so, you can’t help but think of what the rest of the year holds for us. Any goals or dreams or plans that we have and whether or not we can still accomplish them. Ever since I finished school, my understanding of time has gone out the window. I used to think of life in terms of accomplishements until the next school break and now its kind of all flowed together.
I mean I keep reading about posts saying how the year is over and there’s only 4 months left until the end of the year. But remember when that meant that we literally had a whole a whole semester from start to finish where we learned entire subjects and chapters and completed entire projects and were tested on them? That is how much time we have left to complete a goal or a dream this year. People might be saying how the year is coming to a close but honestly they could not be more wrong. Besides, why are we trying to rush through life? Can we enjoy August for what it is? Summer days, hot nights and really far from the end of the year?
I’m trying to enjoy this year as it is and the days and weeks as they come. Some days come really easy and I feel like my goals are aligning and things are happening and other days it feels like I’m stuck and I don’t know what direction to turn. Sometimes I feel like a flower that gets rained on and strong winds just trying to blow the petals off and at the end of the day some petals are ripped but I’m still trying to look for the sun.
Some days I feel like a flower that found the sun, I’m shining super brightly and the wind or the rain didn’t find me that day. Both are okay and both are life, you can’t have ups without having some downs.
In the meantime, I’m going to keep shining and opening my petals wide and showing the world who I am. This world has seemed to find fault in people who are sensitive, who are loving a little too much. People say that you need a tough shell in order to achieve anything in business, you need a tough exterior to want anything in life but who wants to live like that? Living in constant seriousness might have brought more money a little faster, but at the end of the day, do you want to come home to love or come home to an empty but expensive house. Slow, steady and peaceful determination, moved through with love and persistence and mindfulness for what one truly wants can bring both happiness and money or a career with meaning.
I’ve had a bad habit of comparing myself to others lately. Others whose position I wish I was in. I mean its hard to go about life not thinking or dreaming if one could just hop into that moment in time in their own lives where everything seemed a bit more put together, whether that’s relationship, money or anything in between.
But there was also a time in your life where you were dreaming of this moment now, what you have now. So why does it feel so hard to enjoy that?
So today, I’m taking a couple moments to write down some things and maybe you can join me.
August Check In Questions:
What is important to you right now?
Is there anything that you’ve been putting off that can be done in 10 minutes or less that would make you feel better?
What is one big accomplishment that you want to have by the end of the year (anything: make a new friend, write a short story, go sky diving, get a new hobby, ask for a raise, try a new recipe…)?
If it’s a bigger goal, how can you break it up to have check ins once every month until the end of the year? (For example, if you want a raise, could you for September do something to impress the right people, could you for October learn something new without being asked…?)
What is something that youre super proud of in your life right now?
What is something that makes you happy? Can you do this more often?
Does your daily routine work for you? If it doesn’t, what can you change?
Are there any relationships in your life in 2025 that you want to leave in 2025, perhaps if they cause you stress ro unhappiness?
Who is one person you can reach out to today that would make both of you feel happier?
What is something that you can do today before you go to bed, that would make you have a smoother and nicer day tomorrow?
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