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Anything worthwhile is worth doing with passion. Christmas is only a couple of days away and one week later the new year opens. I love New Year’s! It is probably my favorite day of the year. I always feel like, to a certain extent, everybody has the opportunity to start with a new slate. Dreams, wishes, and goals come flooding back making me think this is my year to accomplish something great.
It also means looking back on a whole year gone by and asking myself, “What did I accomplish this past year?” and “What do I appreciate that came into my life this past year?” Each year I reflect on the amazing opportunities that have come, the new people who have enriched my life, accomplishments and successes. It also means reflecting on where I fell short.
Make Goals for 2010
Make goals that mean something to you. If it helps, write down each goal and detail why it is important to you. Try writing down the pros and cons. The pros being the great things you receive from reaching the goal and the cons if you let it go another year. Goals really are as unique as you are. We each have our own reasons for attaining a specific goal, so own it and create the person that is inside you just waiting to break out.
Passion
Love it! Love it in your heart and soul, and feel it in your bones. It will make the journey more amazing. When the struggles come, you will see them more as a challenge. We live in an age of information. Anything that you want to know is out there and all this information is FREE. On my sidebar you will find some of my favorite websites. What the internet does not provide is YOU. Ultimately, it will take the action on your part to traverse the hills and valleys, the ups and downs, the good and the bad.
Give Back
There is an African proverb that states, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Isn’t this so true? This relates to adults as well. You’ll be amazed at the people who are out there to encourage you and if they can help, they will. If you find that the people around you aren’t encouraging and even go to lengths to discourage you, be it by what they say, or what they do, or how they treat you and your dreams, replace those voices and that energy with people who do encourage you. Winners love winners, losers try to keep others at their level. Don’t let other people determine who you are and your value.
With access to people who believe in you, encourage you, and help you to reach your goals, remember to give back. It means helping others in their journey, believing in them and their dreams. I believe you get what you give. Life really does work in cycles. There are moments when we all need a little help along the way, you will find yourself in moments where you can help because you can.
And, who knows, maybe those who gave you the most grief end up becoming your biggest fans. Be an inspiration, be a catalyst.
In Conclusion
Because this is real for me and is written to share my hopes for you, I would like to wrap this up by letting you know what is important to me for the next year. I’m not coming up with something like 25 goals I would like to get done in one year, but to really focus on the ones that mean the most to me. Here is a list of what I love and would like to achieve and see become excellent. In no particular order:
- Health & Fitness. Since my car accident three years ago, my weight has gradually been increasing. I walk pretty much everywhere I need to go, but I am now older and my body and metabolism doesn’t let me get away with what it used to. I was involved in whatever sport was available when I was in school; working in an office, behind a desk all day doesn’t quite get the heart rate up.
My goal is to be 125 pounds. I’ve rejoined a gym. I have also joined SparkPeople that gives me a lot of information and a community of like-minded people.
- This Blog. This blog actually happened on accident. I created and started this blog this year, 2009. Working as a professional assistant for 20 years, I wanted to put out information to and for the administrative professional. To elevate the profession to a level of respect that so many of my fellow administrative professionals bring to their work each day. This profession has some of the most talented, creative, intelligent, and amazing people I know.
My goal for this blog is to write content that informs and inspires. I would like this website to be a great place for professionals to come to for ideas, encouragement, vent frustrations, share their achievements, and feel welcome to contribute their ideas.
- My career. I love what I do and I hope that is reflected in how and what I write on this blog.
My goal is to continue to advance and excel; expand my network of really great professionals; continue learning, whether taking classes, the vast resource that is the internet reading information provided by other really great bloggers, books, and just learning by doing.
Finally, let me just say that everyone who comes by my little blog home, you inspire me. I look forward to your comments, participation, and suggestions. I wish you great success in the year 2010!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Layne
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Thank you, Layne, for putting yourself out there. You are a great writer, and I enjoyed your New Years post. I agree that New Years should not only be about looking forward, but also reflecting on the past year. I love how you labeled your aspirations for 2010 as goals, instead of resolutions! We all have to keep in mind that reolutions or goals should be attainable, not impossible. I try to set very small "goals" and go from there. Thanks Layne, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Layne Reply:
December 29th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Hi Gayle, Thank you so much for the support. I’m already putting a dent into forming habits that will help me to achieve those goals. I wish you a wonderful New Year. Please feel free to share your success and accomplishments. I love to be inspired!
Smiles,
Layne
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Just joined the Admin Pros Group and I'm glad I did! I have been an executive assistant for 14 years, and in administrative/secretarial positions for over 30 years. It is a journey that has been replete with blessings. I have always been the "hub" of the places where I've worked…until this past year. We moved for my husband's work, and I've been working only a few hours each month, remotely, with the office I left behind. It has been an incredible challenge to not have the daily interaction and sense of belongingness.
Your words of encouragement, Layne, have motivated me to be more pro-active and encouraging to those in this community–and wherever I go! 2009 and its failures and successes is gone. I embrace 2010 with a renewed desire to meet my circumstances and opportunities with a greater determination to make a difference in my world. I believe that everything happens for a purpose and that God doesn't waste anything in a person's journey.
I'm looking forward to exploring your links and excelling still more in the work that we've been gifted to do as administrative professionals.
This is a new year and a new decade. Let's be change agents!!
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MyKTA Reply:
January 14th, 2010 at 1:25 am
What a great comment and thank you for writing. With change comes experience, challenge, and opportunities. I encourage you to share your journey with the rest of us and we make our way through the maze we call "life." We inspire each other through the good and the bad. We don't have to do it alone, we are among friends and professionals who have been there and can offer words of encouragement just at the time you need it. Good luck on this new venture that you are upon. It should be filled with excitement and new learning experiences that you didn't know.
Smiles,
Layne
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