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Elite Veteran
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| Has anyone started looking ahead to 2017 and the goals/changes/challenges they want to accomplish?
2016 felt like a kick in the teeth for me; now a lot of good things happened, but I feel like I had to scratch, claw, and dig for each and every one of them.
I was watching something and wishing I could do that. I wish that could be my life. That is what I really want to be doing and I think about it every day. Wishing that was me.
And then it hit me, why am I not doing that? What is REALLY stopping me?
#1 is my excuses. My idea that I can’t do that. I don’t have the facilities. I don’t have the time. Maybe not right now, but I can start with what I have and build on that.
#2 Doubt that I am not good enough. No, right now I am not, but what can I do to get better? Sitting here thinking about it, wishing about it, won’t make me any better. I need to take risks. Make mistakes. Mess up. Be uncomfortable. Learn from it all.
#3 Perfection. I need to let perfection go. Nothing about life is perfect. It’s not all going to go the way I planned in my head. Something chaotic could end up being exactly what I wanted.
#4 Control. I can’t control everything. There are going to be sneaky gut punches that take me to my knees and there are going to be highs that I never dreamed would have happened.
I am sitting here writing my goals for 2017 half excited for what I want and half scared to death. Excited for my goals that I want so bad. Excited for changes. Scared I will let myself down. Scared of the changes.
“ If you want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to make it happen.” |
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 Undercover Amish Mafia Member
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Location: Kansas | Mine are:
1) pay down bills and build better credit
2) breed my mare
3) finish the next two semesters with passing grades (preferably a's and b's)
4) look at buying a house |
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 You get what you give
Posts: 13030
Location: Texas | Yep!! 2017 will be my first year practicing as an equine veterinarian, so I'm pretty excited/terrified at the same time!
My horsie goals are to continue hauling and exhibitioning my 2014 filly so she can compete in 2018, and to run my older horse Bunny as often as my job allows.
I'll also be watching the result of my first breeding endeavor compete in the futurities with Lisa Nicholas!
Non horse related... I'll be wedding planning! |
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I just read the headlines
Posts: 4483
| its going to be great! My daughter is marrying a great guy in the fall and my son and his fiancé will be having a baby in June ( we hope, it is a high risk pregnancy)! I get to be a Grandma!!!  |
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 Just a Yankee
Posts: 1239
Location: Some where I haven't left yet | veintiocho I Could have written this..... with the exception of a few good things. I've keep getting kicked EVERY single time I think that I'm getting up. I keep seeing these "uplifting" posts here and all I can think is "why me?" add a scoff and a couple of "yeah right's" I keep doing a bunch for everybody else while getting trampled into the mud.
My wish for you is a positive 2017... And "You GO!" |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 1079
| Great post.
I'm currently standing directly in the way of attempting to reach higher levels of barrel racing.
Terrified to get out of my own way. Confused about what I want and can't seem to untangle the irrational fears from what I truly want.
Standing still about it all waiting for an epiphany.
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Elite Veteran
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Location: NC | Thank you for this. Sometimes you need a reminder to set goals and work towards it. I had a great rodeo coach in college that was huge on goal writing and this reminded me of that. He would tell us to write out our goals and read them everyday. So i just spent 10 min writing them out as a note on my phone lol.
My 2 biggest goals are to balance work and riding, and being able to enjoy life after seeing how short it is. My mom and i were blessed this year with being able to sell our house and move 500+ miles away to where we want to live, so now its the other goals I want to be able to accomplish :) |
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 Total Germophobe
Posts: 6443
Location: Montana | Thanks for this post! I have started some goals myself and have started making myself a schedule. Unfortunately I didn't complete all of my goals from this year, but I accomplished a few. I need to get my butt in gear this year...I have two to ride and I'm excited about them both, but I'm like you said, my self-doubt and my excuses, my need to control and my need for perfection is what is really holding me back. So I've already made a schedule for next year to plan on sticking to. |
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  Independent Cuss
Posts: 3978
Location: Dearing, GA | 2016 was a tough year for me, but I finally graduated college this past weekend, so things are turning up.
My goals are:
1. Buy a new saddle
2. Pay on some of my debt and improve my credit score
3. Find a more permanent position within the organization I currently work for
4. Move out of my house
I'd also like to lose about 30 lbs., but I'm not putting too much pressure on myself for that, ha.
Edited by Just Let Me Run 2016-12-13 2:50 PM
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