Half Of the Year Accountability Update
Hello,
It’s official. We’re closer to the end of 2020 than to its beginning. Half of the year has gone by and this is why I want to write a little accountability article on the challenges and goals I set to myself this year.
It’s becoming a cliché to talk about this year with frustration and despair. The whole pandemic thing has been a wild card for most of us, with the exception of the forecasting companies and moguls of various industries.
But in here we’re not about feeling sorry for ourselves. Well, at least I’m trying to carry on with all my plans I had for this year.
One of my biggest goals was to read a book per week (as you can check in this post I did last year) and I feel immensely happy to tell you that, fortunately, I have accomplished it, so far.
It wasn’t easy and the last few weeks right before the middle of the year I was struggling and very behind on my readings. As my deadline was approaching, I had to cancel on friends and read a book per day.
Nonetheless, on week 26 I had read my 26 books and felt pretty accomplished about it.
Making this challenge had taught me this: to make goals/dreams true I have to focus on them, one at a time. I know many famous coaches love to talk about it, and IT’S SO REAL.
Concentrating on one thing and seeing it through also took a lot of the mental effort out of the way. It was similar to having a mission and not being able to stop until is done. Nothing else was on my mind and that, somehow, released me from a lot of stress.
On the other hand, I haven’t been consistent with my blogging. Which I’m trying to fix on the second half of the year.
COVID 19, a chaotic world, crises of all kinds… It took a toll on me. I self-isolated for almost three months and as much as it seemed like the perfect time to be productive and creative, to be honest, it wasn’t my reality.
In the first month of quarantine, Netflix was my BFF. I binge-watched so many shows and films to the point where, now, I can’t make myself watch anything anymore.
It’s been a little over a month since the government here in Portugal loosened up, a little, the rules relating to socializing, and I feel my groove is slowly coming back.
To end on a positive tone, I would like to register a little note to self (and to others who might be needing this): things may seem very intense, cramped, confusing and upsetting right now, but, as the saying goes, this too shall pass. We are going to be ok!
Yours,
Ana Zarb
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