It is the start of a new school year and fall is right around the corner. It is a wonderful time of year to explore how we feel about our lives and identify some changes that we want to make. The starting of anything in our lives gives us the opportunity of having, if you will, a “clean slate” moving forward. As a human being, we look for this when a new year starts, when we have a birthday, or sometimes with each new day. Giving ourselves this clean slate can be very refreshing and empowering.
A few questions that we might
ask ourselves are; how do I want my life to look moving forward, how do I want
to view myself, or how do I want to be viewed by others? These questions can be seen as a road map for
developing new goals or benchmarks for ourselves. When we set goals for ourselves it is
important that they are small and obtainable.
How many of us set goals that are too big and then we get overwhelmed,
discouraged, and then quit? This has happened to me many times in my life. Think of a diet. If we are extreme in our dieting we can be
successful, but can we maintain that? Think of what maintenance looks like for
you and then set goals that are obtainable to increase your success!
So, think of what this school
year and start of fall are like for you and how you want to move forward with
your life. Identify the positive small
obtainable changes you want to make and move forward being the best YOU you can
be!
April Moedl LCSW