Since the beginning of the new year, I’ve been seeing all of these posts and articles on choosing a word for the year, and trying to let it dictate what you focus on for the year. After some deliberating, I decided that a good word for 2018 was “Peace.” In this new year, I want to focus on allowing and accepting: allowing things to happen for me, and accepting that I don’t have control over everything.
These last few days I have realized that this is very difficult.
I struggle with accepting that some things are out of my control. As someone who has battled anxiety for a long time, I try to control everything in my life to reduce my stress (which ends up just stressing me out more in the long run!).
I also tangle with the concept of things happening for me. This is another control-freak thing. I am under the belief that I need to be constantly doing things and making changes in my life if I ever want to get anywhere or if I ever want to “achieve my dreams.” My goal for 2018 is that I let go of the hold I have on this idea, accept that I don’t have to have everything figured out RIGHT NOW, and just let the world unfold before me.
Sitting back and doing nothing in hopes that I’ll get results is very hard for me, but that’s why I’m making a conscious choice to change the way I’ve been thinking. Every day is another opportunity for me to try again, and begin with a fresh slate.
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