Have you ever looked at a picture and felt the emotions wash over you as if you were right there in that moment again?
The other day, I was going through old photos and found one of me on the plane, coming back from Mexico.
Even now, I can feel that familiar ache rising in my chest - that moment when the plane takes off and tears start flowing. That deep sadness that enters my soul and tears me apart, leaving my parents, my family, everything I knew behind. For years, every time I got on that plane, I dreaded that feeling.
It's interesting how we carry these emotions into our goal setting, isn't it? We often set goals from that place of pain, that space of what we want to escape from. We focus so much on what we don't want, that we forget to dream about what we truly desire.
What would it feel like to set goals that light you up instead? Goals that make your heart race with excitement rather than anxiety? Imagine looking back at this moment next year and realizing you've achieved everything you set out to do - not because you were running away from something, but because you were running toward something that truly mattered to you.
But here's the thing - somewhere along the way, many of us lost connection with what we really want. We've been so busy listening to other voices - our parents, our culture, our inner critic - that our own inner voice has been drown in the noise and become barely a whisper.
Think about it: When was the last time you set a goal that was truly yours? Not something you 'should' do, not what others expect from you, but something that makes you feel alive just thinking about it?
What if this year could be different? What if you could learn to quiet those external voices (and to be honest, the internal too!) long enough to hear your own wisdom? To set goals so compelling that they pull you forward naturally, like a magnet drawing you home?
You can start here:
This week, notice how you talk, pay special attention to the negatives when you talk. Notice the goals you have set for this year, if any of them are in negative like "I don't want to run out of air when I run", ask yourself what do you want instead.
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