It’s late July. We’re past the halfway mark on another year, and I was just debating whether or not to look back at the goals I wrote in January. Don’t want to discourage myself if there’s been no or little progress. But then my curiosity kicked in and I took a look.

What did I find? It’s not so bad. No, I haven’t done everything, but I’ve accomplished more than I was thinking I had. The big news is that the year is not finished yet!! I still have time to welcome in the other goals, and I think I’m on a good trajectory to do that!

Plus, even bigger news is that what I have done has opened doors to other possibilities. Now that’s where the real charm of visioning and goal-setting and writing it down appears. When we begin to consider what we desire, we are usually limited in knowing what is possible for us. Still, we write something down, take a step or two toward it, and clearer visions begin to appear. New opportunities pop up. That’s all because we did something with what we had. Because we did something. We got into motion—that’s so much better than static waiting, isn’t it?

If you look back at your goals, I hope you’ll find some nice surprises, too. And if you don’t have dreams and goals written down, I encourage you to give it a try.  Just a few lines, one or two is all you need to get started. Then let me know what happens.