It's time to look inwards...and forward.....

Suddenly, December seems to have sneaked in .....and soon we will have a new year ahead. This always triggers introspection.... a search within to see how did I start the year, what all did I achieve, what did I lose, how closer am I to my dreams or goals?

 So, it's that time of the year again......to look inwards....and to look forward...

 Coming from the HR (human resources, for those who still belong to the dinosaur ages!!!) fraternity and project managing most of the time, I think its important to set objectives at the beginning of each year .... not just resolutions that tend to break soon!

 Over the coming few weeks, I will do the following .....and I encourage you to do the same...

  • Look back at the year gone past....take stock....make a list of what I will carry forward with me, what will I lay peacefully to rest
  • Revisit my life's goals and see if there has been any movement towards them - am I closer? Have I gone off the track? Have I moved away? That is important to acknowledge too - the fact that goals could change with time, so if that one thing I had set my heart on, does not seem desirable or important anymore, I drop it from my list - making space for more...
  • I will think long and hard about how I would like to see myself in Dec 2014 - what "quick wins" look feasible and are important to me, what do I need to start doing to get moving on those..... what will make me closer to my long term goals, closer to living the life I want for myself..

Does that look seem too much planning for you? Too aspirational? I don't think so....I firmly believe in our daily race, we don't stop enough to understand what we are racing towards...in our mad rush, we often forget to step back and think about what we really want, what matters and what doesn't....

Too many times, I meet people who work crazily for something to happen and then, when it does, feel nothing but an emptiness....my question to them is : then why did you rush so? why not spend your energies in rushing towards something more satisfying...more gratifying? 

That's why it's so important for me to spend this time introspecting ....understanding myself ...and where I stand, even if I share them with none. Atleast I will know ...

A new year is always a new beginning ....and just as I look forward to inching closer to what I plan for, I also look forward to the unknown that this year has in store for me - those things that just happen to you, out of the blue. Sometimes, they are not good and you wish it never came about....but sometimes they open doors you possibly never knew existed and bring joy, happiness unlimited. I have come to love these times.....I have  complete faith in the One Above ....and He has always been kind .....as these times of change unfold, I believe they also bring me closer to my dreams. 

So I am excited ..... as I look forward... to making new blueprints and to welcoming new possibilities.....

You should too...




Peace out!


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