More wise words! I don’t typically make resolutions-- just sort of ideas of things that I’d like to do/try. But I’m perpetually starting and restarting things. Sometimes routines, plans, etc. work for me for a little while, and then something upends it, and I have to start anew. But I think I’ve come to realize rather than failures, this is just my process. I am both a creature of habit, and also endlessly searching for something new! And sometimes the something new leads me back to something old. I just wasn’t in the right place back then to finish it, and now I am. But I needed to start it, before I could revisit it. Time and experience always gives more perspective. We just have to let ourselves have it!
Love this, Becky! Especially the point that we don't have to create the habits we resolved to make to create a new habit -- imperfection may still be good enough to get us moving in the right direction. And we learn something from every project, even if we don't finish it to the imaginary perfect standard.
More wise words! I don’t typically make resolutions-- just sort of ideas of things that I’d like to do/try. But I’m perpetually starting and restarting things. Sometimes routines, plans, etc. work for me for a little while, and then something upends it, and I have to start anew. But I think I’ve come to realize rather than failures, this is just my process. I am both a creature of habit, and also endlessly searching for something new! And sometimes the something new leads me back to something old. I just wasn’t in the right place back then to finish it, and now I am. But I needed to start it, before I could revisit it. Time and experience always gives more perspective. We just have to let ourselves have it!
Love this, Becky! Especially the point that we don't have to create the habits we resolved to make to create a new habit -- imperfection may still be good enough to get us moving in the right direction. And we learn something from every project, even if we don't finish it to the imaginary perfect standard.