Well, technically I'm a whole day ahead of most of the people that might read this blog. But Happy New Year to you all anyways.
I've set some goals for this year. I'll be honest, in the past I've been terrible with follow through of any of the goals I set. I always start out strong and somewhere just start to lose momentum. I'm sure so many of us have experience this. I just have set myself so many times in the past to be disappointed in myself for failing to commit myself to my goals.
This year is going to be different. I realized that one of the reasons I have such troubles following through with my goals is that I'm self conscious about them. Whether they're about my diet, about my training, or about more personal aspects of my life, I'm always concerned that if I tell someone about my goals that they'll laugh at them, or tell me that my goals are unattainable.
But during this break I had a lot of free time. And although I didn't always spend the time studying like I should have, or practicing as much as I should, I spent a lot of time thinking about the way I interact with people around me.
I've decided that if I tell someone my goals and they laugh, let them. The majority of people that I meet are stuck where they are, and have no desire to change. And I know I don't want to live my life like that, so why should I care if they laugh at me. I also know myself and what I'm capable of better than anyone else does. So if they think my goals are unattainable, it just proves that they've underestimated me.
