How to get from here to there in a year
A resolution for anyone
The end of a year can be overwhelming, but so, too, can the beginning. When the party dies down and the last guest departs, you’re left alone to look ahead at the vast expanse of the next year, wondering what could change and what should change.
It’s a great excuse to turn the page on some bad habits and revisit some good ones, but it can also be a trap we set for ourselves. I don’t have strong feelings on resolutions or intentions, but I do think you should use the framework that makes the most sense for you. If you need a tangible result, like completing a marathon, lace up those sneakers. If a fuzzier finish line will do, try this one with me:
I’d like to be further along at the end of this year than where I’m starting it.
It feels vague, but I bet your mind went somewhere specific with it. To the end of that race or the handshake after a promotion. And you might get all the way there, or you might barely hang on to what you have now, not realizing how much stronger you are just from living through it. That, too, is a measure of growth further than where you started.
It may sound unambitious, but I just want to finish this year in the plus column. I want enough momentum to carry on to the next, to keep the job going. It’s never finished, but that’s not the point. The point is to keep going.