New Year, New Focus

As we bring in the new year, I want to take the opportunity to push whomever is reading this to go harder this year, refocus this year, and claim whatever you feel should be yours this year. Stop spending all of your time blending, and start being the extraordinary human being that you were designed to be. 2018 is the year we stop living in fear of our greatness and instead embrace it for all that it is.

We have spent most of our lives trying to find where we fit in society and we often place our value on how well we fit and how well others react to us. This year let's focus on ourselves. Be a spiritual being, no matter the God you serve. Indulge in the teachings of whatever you believe. Make your spiritual self and your worldly self one. I don't think we ever fully get to that point, but the journey is fulfilling. Do something that you have always wanted to do for yourself. Write that book, start that blog, learn that skill, perfect your craft, protect your peace.

Stop dealing with toxic people in 2018. Recognize when something and someone is not for you and move on. It is not a bad thing. Always remember that when things are bad they can get better. You made it through so that you could see, do, and experience better. Focus on better. Do not be afraid of loneliness. Be lonely and be yourself and be comfortable in that space. The better you know yourself the more useful you are to those around you. The more you know of yourself the better you love, the better you reject, the better you live. In that same breath don't be afraid to love. Don't be afraid to have everything. It has been so hard to see hope in relationships these days because of all the tragic stories we hear from people around us; but those people are not you and those are not the people you are trying to love.

Fear is our greatest obstacle, and very few conquer it. Trying is where life starts. In 2018 we are going to stop surviving and start living. This year will be the year of life. This year we will not fail for lack of trying. We will try and sometimes we will fail, but more times we will triumph. This year let's focus on trying. We will try to be good to ourselves and to others. We will try to be selfless. We will try to be selfish. We will try to succeed. We will be successful on purpose. We will have purpose.

This year we will be the versions of ourselves that we see when we think about our futures. That person is attainable. That person is who will look back and see how far you've come. That is the person you are sacrificing for. That is the person who matters this year.