new year

Where did 2011 go?  It felt like once I made the decision to leave my job and join my current firm, time sped up exponentially. And now in December, I'm feeling like 2011 left a lot to be desired. I don't feel like I did much on a personal level.

I've been mulling over goals and next steps.  I want to make 2012 one of my best years, ever, right up there with 2010 and 2008.  Maybe there's something about the even numbered years?  I found an old vision / brainstorm diagram from when I spent new year's in Austin with my friend N, and found a few half-started one note notebooks about goals and resolutions and personal development. It got me excited about potential.  True to form, I started thinking about programs and strategies and experts... and then I read a blog post that helped me level set and cut through the noise.

Until you quiet the resistance and commit to actually shipping things that matter, all the productivity tips in the world aren't going to make a real difference. And, it turns out, once you do make the commitment, the productivity tips aren't that needed. 

You don't need a new plan for next year. You need a commitment. 

-Seth Godin

So, here's to 2012.  And here's what I commit to accomplishing, however it happens to take shape.  I commit to living my year:

• well-read (a healthy mix of genres, a healthy number of books and blogs)
• well-fed (clean eating, not too little, not too much) 
• well-traveled (both domestic and international)
• well-spent (within my means, debt free, excepting the condo, by 2013)
• well-lived (reduced wasted time, busy work, out and about, healthy mix of physical activity and brainpower)
• well-loved (quality time with family and friends, share more of myself with those I hold dear)

xoxo,

Rachel