Fall as a new beginning?
Summer is over. Fall is here! School is underway. Halloween decorations are everywhere.
Fall is a fun, new beginning for me. I love it’s fresh energy, the “clean slate” feeling. And I love checking things off my “to do” lists.
I hate having tired goals, unfinished goals; so I redo them to make me feel good. Though my sister may say I’m compulsive, I think I’m just organized! After all, I’m the oldest and have to be the responsible one.
So, here’s to new beginnings. Want to join me? After all our coasting and relaxing from this summer, it’s time to regroup and get focused. If we want to be in a better place next year, then fall is the perfect time to set ourselves up for it.
Let’s consider what one thing we most want to accomplish this fall. Here are some things we might want to think about:
- starting a new creative project,
- finishing a project we’ve been working on,
- getting into good shape, emotionally or physically.
Why pick one? The season is only three months long and one focus is plenty. We can always build on it or pick a new one for winter.
Why even do this at all? Well, if we don’t make a conscious choice, we could coast our way into the new year, then into spring, into summer, and…Ack! another year will have gone by.
I like what Emerson said:
For me, this fall means finishing my two current knitting projects and only then shall I start one of those tantalizing ones waiting in my yarn room!
Now it’s your turn. Your task, if you choose to complete it, is to…
- choose your one goal,
- let yourself feel what it will feel like when it’s done, and
- decided the first step, however tiny, and take it!
