Janssen--who is one of my favorite bloggers, she writes about such useful and applicable and accessible things that I am constantly bookmarking or pinning or remembering her brilliance for later--wrote about her 2012 greatest accomplishment the other day. I loved what she picked, and that it was so individual to her.
I thought long and hard about my own greatest accomplishment and I was struggling! A whole year, that's big pressure. So I stopped over thinking it and just focused on when I felt most at peace and proud of myself and yoga came to mind. I signed up for a local studio this year and started going to classes both alone (which was kind of a big deal for me) and with friends. I've tried all the classes my studio offers and I've found favorite ones and not-so-favorite ones, but I do them all. I leave every single class feeling like I can be better, like I can be great.
(Of course, I occasionally lose that message standing in front of my fridge at midnight but, whatever, I am a flawed, cheese-loving human.)
I received my 25-class bracelet right before leaving for the Blathering and I was just so proud. 25 classes! That's something. I am adding "get my 100 class bracelet in 2013" to my 2013 to-do list and that both feels like a lofty goal and yet a totally achievable one. 75 classes in 13 months. About five classes a month? Yeah, I can do that.
Accomplishments can feel a little weird because we like tangible things to show for them, impressive before-and-after photos or pieces of papers with official words on them or just the outside world telling us what we're doing is a Real Accomplishment. When sometimes it's just whatever makes us feel more like ourselves that's the greatest accomplishment. This year was spectacularly busy (aren't they all?) and it also felt like a year of questions, remember?, so it was just so nice to find something that made me feel more like me. Something I hope to do long-term, something that's all mine, something that challenges me but doesn't frustrate me.
It's great to have found it.
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