An Aerial View

As january 2009 draws to a close -- I imagine that for many of us , the fervor with which we entered the new year is waining as quickly as the month.
Keeping that in mind I want to post a reminder -- to my self as well -- to keep on keeping on as we march thru the "now-ness" that is our lives.
As you do this -- maybe you should try this approach:
try taking a BROADER view of your life...seeing it in totality...not soley thru the lens of meeting your many individual goals.
I believe we often miss the forest for the trees --especially when evaluating our lives.
If we were to take an aerial view, so to speak, we'd find that our lives look more like we want them to than we think -- it's just that some things don't "feel" the way we thought they would. Looking from the outside in allows us to fine tune and "tweek"(often this means adding SPECIFICITY where it is lacking) where need be -- without feeling we have to completely readjust or add a million new goals or already full to-do list in order for our lives to work the way we desire.
So I implore you to consider fine-tuning, adjusting your radar sites -- tweeking may be all that is required -- all that is necessary. It's the constant reinvention of the wheel that leaves us
burnt-up, burnt-out, and bummed.
So -- this time trying...leaning a liiiiiittle to the left, shifting a bit to the right...or maybe justttttt hitting center...that might just be all you need.
Just a thought

LESS IS MORE

I've been thinking of various ways of "Envisioning" my new year.
Though this is not an entirely new idea -- it is a way of making something old new again.
I am picking a "theme" for my year.
A theme that encapsulates the entirety of what I plan to accomplish in 2009.
Something that speaks to most of my individual goals -- big and small.


For me:

Less is More:

Less talking -- More writing

Less shopping at Ghetto malls - More buying quality

Less dreaming -- More doing
Less maximizing -- More satisficing (something i saw in Real Simple -- has to do with making a decision more quickly -- not having to maximize all your ideals -- just decide once your basic criteria has been met)Less Fear -- More Faith
Ok -- you get the point...So what theme resonates with you?
What phrase -- words speak the whole of what you would like to see when u look back at 2009?