Day 28 of #Reverb10 // Tara Sophia Mohr asks // What’s the thing you most want to achieve next year? How do you imagine you’ll feel when you get it? Free? Happy? Complete? Blissful? Write that feeling down. Then, brainstorm 10 things you can do, or 10 new thoughts you can think, in order to experience that feeling today.
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In 2004, when I graduated from college and moved to grown-up land where you get an apartment in a city you’ve never been to before and pay all your own bills and start a 401K, I threw a party. Like I’ve said before, I think one of my finest talents is finding a reason to throw a party and this was no exception. And since all “good parties” need a theme, I happily branded this one: The “I Love My Life” Party. And I did.
I loved my big-girl job. I loved my little apartment with all its thrifted furniture. I loved my friends. I loved my new city. And I loved the bright future ahead of me. Everything was all shiny and glittery.
On the night of the party all my friends came. I wore the skirt and top I loved the most. We ate my favorite foods and talked about the best things in our lives. It was a grand night and added yet another reason to the long list of reasons to love my life.
It’s been 6 1/2 years since that party.
And somewhere along the way I stopped loving my life.
What do I most want to achieve in 2011? I want to love my life again.
It’s a loaded want, I know. And it depends on the internal as well as the external, I know. But if I could love my life again? Well, the stress and sadness and frustration vanish at the very though. I could be happy again.
And I know it’s possible. I’m not hopeless. Nothing is hopeless.
I really do believe that.
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Agree! Oh so whole-heartedly agree! Good luck!
It is a loaded want, but you deserve it. This year, I’ve realized that I deserve happiness. Being happy is still kind of weird to me, but I’m working on it. In my opinion, life is too short to be anything but happy. If you don’t love your life right now, by all means, do whatever you have to do to get to that point again. Good luck!
You absolutely, without doubt, need to throw yourself an “I FREAKING LOVE MY LIFE” party to initiate your goal. Make a list of all the things you love about yourself. Invite everyone. Include one of your awesome qualities on each invitation. Go with it… ;)
I love how you put it – nothing is hopeless.
There are A LOT of problems we can face in a lifetime, a myriad of them, and each person reacts and heals differently. Understanding that life goes on and that even if it’s not the way we thought (would could shoula’s) it is never hopeless.
Wonderful reminder :) Love the bloggity!
Oh yes! It is loaded – with possibilities! Here’s to lovin’ life in 2011 again, for both of us! :)