New Year New Me Take Two

We always start out the new year with plans, goals, and missions that we would like to achieve. When the year starts we are all fired up to accomplish them. We’re opening gym memberships, updating our wardrobes, cutting off people, and putting things into place so that we can start taking action and making strides towards things we wanted for the new year. And at first we are doing great! We are focused and driven and it seems like everything has finally fallen into place. This is going to be our year! But, then as the days roll on we start to slip here and there. No biggie it’s fine we’ll do better. But then days turn to weeks and weeks turn to a month and then all of a sudden we aren’t doing anything we were supposed to anymore. We fall back into our old routines, get back into our terrible mindless cycles work-dinner-netflix-sleep-work-dinner-netflix-sleep-repeat-repeat-repeat.

I don’t know maybe I’m being too general. Maybe it’s only me, maybe nobody else experiences this. We start to think maybe I’m the problem. But, then when you head onto social media and it seems like we all have fallen of the wagon and slowly have gotten back into old habits. You wanted to lose 50 pounds, but you just cancelled your gym membership? That man you said you weren’t going to mess with again? I see you’re going back and forth with him on social media. You started a new business, and I was so excited to purchase something from you and I go to your website and it’s a “going out of business sale.” You moved to a new city at the beginning of the year for a fresh start, and now 3 months later you’re posting about how you’re on your way back to your hometown for good...

Look at us, we failed our mission. But think about it, on a video game you get to keep trying and trying again and again until you pass the objective. Listen, you did not fail! Mistakes happen and we mess up. Restarting and readjusting is just all apart of the journey. When you play a game and lose, each time you restart you see something new, you try something different, you switch something up to make sure you will be more successful this time around. And eventually you wind up succeeding, pass the level, and win the game. Why don’t we allow ourselves the same opportunity to try again, readjust, and realign ourselves in our everyday lives?

Last year, I came on here and listed so many goals that I wanted to achieve, and I achieved many of them. However, I also "failed" at some as well. In fact the one area that I struggled in flourishing was THIS... my website... my business... I'm inserting a link HERE so that you can  read through everything that I was supposed to do last year, and we can take a second and laugh together. I put Fashmira to the back burner while I focused on progressing my traditional career. I was also able to experience a little bit of romance in 2021. But, My biggest accomplishment was all the growth I seen within myself. I was on a self love journey in 2021 and I am so proud of how far I’ve come. Honestly, last year was such a beautiful year for me and even though I wasn’t able to check off all the goals for last year, I am so happy with all that I did accomplish because it was no small feat. Mistakes were definitely made but 2021 was a year of growth that was needed. Don’t focus on what you didn’t do. Take pride in all of your wins.

As I embark on level 2022 in this magical game that we all have been playing. I am entering it with a stronger foundation and an enhanced perspective. I completed more important tasks last year that played a major role in my self development. This year it’s time to focus on growing and enhancing my business. This year is about entrepreneurship and getting reacquainted with my creative and innovative side. This year I am taking what I learned from last year, and implementing the lessons learned. New year, New Me, Take Two!

​-FASHMIRA