Little Things To Inspire You This Week: Reflection 🤝 Action

#28, December 30th: On blending reflection with action to set realistic goals

Hello and welcome to the laziest week of the year! I hope you’ve had time for rest, connecting with loved ones, and cozying up on the couch with movies (scroll down for recommendations).

My birthday is two weeks before the year ends, which naturally gets me thinking about goals — butttttt, since it’s only two weeks until the rest of the world sets their goals, I get to spend two weeks reflecting before taking action. Why change everything on December 18, when January 1st is right around the corner?

Of course, not everything changes on January 1st, either. There’s a reason why when we’ve done The Artist’s Way together the past two years, we’ve started the last week in January or the first week in February. We need time to reflect and for our truest goals to naturally emerge. The realistic ones we are seriously committed to, instead of a long, cursory list of how we’d like to complete transform without putting in the work.

We often rush toward resolutions, but true, attainable goals can’…