My 2019 Goals

How is it that we've already made it to 2019?!

So many things happened in 2018 (which maybe I'll recap later), and the end of the year really through me for a loop. I experienced a huge life change, and when I'm ready, maybe I'll chat about it someday. But for right now, I'm trying to just take day by day.

A new year brings a new chapter, and it motivates me to challenge myself to set some goals I want to achieve in the new year.

INVEST IN MYSELF

As a dance educator and overall busy person, I want to take more time investing in myself. Be it through dance, through doing things that make me happy, or even through spending time with friends I haven't been able to catch up with in a while. I tend to emotionally invest myself in others, namely other spaces and my students.

STOP SETTLING

I play it too safe, especially when the outcome is so vague or I'm anxious about a new start. I want to push myself to do things that take me out of my comfort zone. I let myself get too comfortable in the security of situations, and I often accept less than what I know I deserve. So this year is all about acknowledging my worth, giving a nod to the past, and moving forward.

FALL IN LOVE

Now, this isn't focused on falling in love with another person, but more falling in love with something that brings happiness to my life. If the end of last year taught me anything, I've lost a lot of spark in my life. I want to find something that makes me happy, in the form of a new hobby or revisiting something that I neglected this past year.

LET MYSELF FEEL

I am absolutely the wrong person to talk to about allowing yourself to feel your emotions and know that they are valid. I'm more the type of person to get mad about something, then repress it until I don't feel it anymore. Extremely poor emotional and mental health care on my part. I won't let myself fully immerse myself in my feelings, to the point where I will only think but never talk about it with someone else. It's definitely something I need to try to do more.

What are some of your goals for the new year? Let's talk about them! :) 

xxJessi