When I was in my early 20's I never really believed in setting goals - life was pretty good to me! I was just letting it all happen. I began modelling and let my agents make the decisions for me. I had my blog as a hobby on the side, my creative outlet - and I was pretty happy just plugging away. Then one day I started to feel my life was out of my control. It's something I find a little hard to describe but somehow I began to feel dissatisfied will my little lot. I guess it's because I realised it wasn't clear where my future was headed and I didn't find much purpose in what I was doing.
I think one of the reasons I didn't set goals is because in the past, I'd half heartedly set a goal and then failed... for example, I'd set out on a 'dry July' quest and end up drinking a bottle of wine that very first weekend - or I'd vow to go to the gym 4 times a week and then visit not once - I'd aim to post every day and then post twice in a month. If I wasn't setting any goals then I wouldn't set myself up for failure! Problem solved!
Now I have bigger ambitions and I want to succeed. While I've had some wonderful successes in my career so far - I know for a fine fact I could have furthered myself even more with better focus and more drive. I've still got loads to learn... really loads. I'm a terrible procrastinator and I have bitten off perhaps more than I can chew... I'm also
maybe guilty of looking at my very large workloads and deciding that I absolutely, desperately need a nap! Haha!
So right now you can perhaps see - I have some potential in my hands and the time to set some real goals in now. The key is to find the balance between realism and ambition. To write them down and work perpetually towards achieving them. My aim is to make 2015 a year of self improvement - we can all give a little more and in that, become happier with our little lot in life. I've spent time in my life feeling depressed - along with most people I know. I don't ever want to feel that way again so I'm searching for the tools to make my life as amazing as it can potentially be.
Looking forward to sharing more on this in posts to come!