Is it just me, or are you feeling just a little irked with all of those, ‘It’s nearly the end of the year!’, blogs and social media posts that are appearing right now?
It seems like every time I go online, I am either receiving an email or someone on Facebook is letting me know how many weeks there are until the end of 2014 and advising me that ‘there’s still time to make it happen and reach my goals’.
I completely get the idea behind all of this. Most of us set some kind of goals at the beginning of each year and as we approach December, it’s natural to look back and review how we’ve done.
It’s just that the underlying tone of some of these blogs, articles and posts, seems to be, ‘Come on, you need to push, hustle, strive your way to the end of the year!’
And do you know what? I hold my hands up here, because I have written this kind of content before too.
But it’s not sitting comfortably with me right now.
Because I am perfectly aware of how many weeks there are left in the year.
I am also perfectly aware that there is ‘still time’ to reach my goals.
I am aware of this because there is ALWAYS enough time.
Newsflash: The world is not going to end on 31st December 2014.
You don’t have to panic. You don’t have to start a mad dash to get it all done. You don’t have to feel under pressure to ‘reach your goals’ by new year’s eve.
You can choose to work in a way that feels kind to you.
You can choose to take it easy.
You can choose to create new goals.
You can choose to have no goals.
You can choose to have your business year end in March, July or freaking October if you like.
I am not criticising anyone here. I accept that it can be motivational to feel that you have a specific deadline to reach your goals.
If it feels expansive and exciting for you to have a big push to the end of 2014, go for it (I am SO cheering you on!)
But if you’re beginning to feel pressurised and panicky, like you ‘should’ be working your butt off, or beating yourself up that you haven’t done everything you wanted to this year, give yourself a break.
Give yourself permission to slow down.
Give yourself permission to have fun (it is the time of year for it, after all!)
Give yourself permission to change direction.
Give yourself permission to reflect.
You create your own deadlines (and you can totally disregard them, if you like.)
You make your own rules.
And your business, your goals, your clients, social media, the whole shebang will still be here on 1st January 2015.
So, just do what feels good for you right now, okay?
Nicola x
