5/1/2020 0 Comments My Quarantine GoalsI am always up for some personal development, and I want to take this time in quarantine to focus on some goals I have for this year. I keep thinking about how I want the rest of my 2020 to go and who I want to be. Click "Read More" to read about the goals I have in order to come out of quarantine as a stronger and more confident person! Goal #1: more self confidence (boo social anxiety) I have been working on this goal for years and feel like this is a goal that I will always be working on. I moved states right before 8th grade, and it has taken awhile for me to be comfortable fully being myself around people. I definitely have come a long way from my confidence level 4 years ago (yay!) and I feel more comfortable speaking up in class and wearing what I want to compared to even the start of junior year. I also want to focus on feeling more confident in new social situations and kick social anxiety to the curb. I think working on my inner confidence will help with my outer confidence. Life is short, so I also want to focus on living my best life and not thinking about other people's opinions. I already do this to some degree with my fashion and loud singing in my car, but I want to take it a little further! Goal #2: feeling okay/comfortable when alone I have no problem spending time alone in my house (watching a movie in my bed on a Friday night is the best), but I feel uncomfortable when I am alone in a crowd. This usually happens in school. Sometimes I wait for my friends in the library or cafeteria before school starts and I always feel the need to look at my phone or act busy because the majority of everyone else has friends with them. Post-quarantine I want to just enjoy where I am and stop acting busy when I'm alone. I don't know how well I can work on this goal in quarantine because of the lack of crowds, but hopefully building my confidence will help this. Goal #3: letting things go and roll off my back Quarantine has given me a lot of time to reflect on things and I am tired of feeling embarrassed after remembering small things that happened years ago. I just don't need to give my awkward fashion choices in middle school any more of my time! I also want to put things in perspective. Negative comments from the past just do not matter- who cares! The small embarrassing and awkward events don't matter in the long run anyway, so why should I give them any headspace? Goal #4: giving myself grace more This ties in with the previous goal. I want to let things go and give myself grace about it. I also want to give myself grace about life in general. Once in awhile I get the feeling that I am not doing enough in quarantine, or that I should be fully capitalizing on this time and do it all. I need to realize that I am doing just fine and nobody is perfect. Ever. Although I have come a long way in this goal (grace was my 2019 word), I feel like I can go further! Goal #5: an extreme appreciation for what I have & stop complaining I had this tradition of saying thank you out loud to the world every day in my car when driving to school this year, which is really weird and dorky but it helped me remember to be grateful for the small things. I want to continue this appreciation for everything in quarantine and amplify it. I want to stop complaining about things and be grateful for them instead. I used to complain about having school, but I would LOVE to go to school right now and see all my teachers and friends. This recent space from normal life has also made me realize how much I love the little things like driving to school and watching the sunrise, walking into school with my friends, and going thrifting with my bestie. My ultimate goal is to not turn to complaining when I'm in a mood and turn to gratitude instead. Getting bummed over something silly is just so unnecessary. Remembering all the things that I have and what is going right always puts me in a better mood. Thanks for reading. I hope this inspires you to work on those personal development goals you have. Just start with your vision of what your ideal life would look and feel like. Then break it down into smaller, more tangible thoughts. A lot of people are focused on physical glow ups during quarantine, but I encourage you to work on glowing up on the inside too! <3
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