Life goals. Life
bucket lists. All good stuff, all things
I kept track of and still do. But, they’re
not necessarily what brings me the most joy.
I’ve come to realize this past year that even if I’ve worked really hard
for a long time to accomplish something, I don’t get much joy at reaching my
goal. It’s like how I feel about
cooking. It takes so much time to get
the end results that all the joy has been sucked dry. It’s very anti-climactic. I watched a youtube influencer mention
recently that it’s all about the process.
Enjoying the process brings more fulfillment than actually attaining that
goal. Therefore, it’s more important to
enjoy the process because you spend most of your time there. Enjoy the view out the window instead of
always asking, “Are we there yet?” Two
years ago, I resolved myself to stop spending so much time on youtube every
night. But, I never knew what to replace
my time with besides a vague idea to create more instead. Last year, I made a goal to read at least two
books a month, every month, for the entire year, in an effort to expand my
literary repertoire. Unexpectedly, this
goal made me spend less time on youtube.
I rediscovered my love of
reading. Most months I read way more
than two books a month, with maybe two months where I only read one book. But, the numbers weren’t really important by the time I reached my goal. Reading taught me more about what
motivated me and filled my creative tank per-say to want to do more.
This year has been, what can we say; Disruptive, strange, and hard. We were supposed to go on an epic Japan adventure sans kids for the first time, party at the BTS concert together, and explore more of LA as a family to name a few of our plans. Instead, we tried to make the most of remote learning, rearranged our home to accommodate two work from home parents, worked our butts off to retain both of our jobs, and found small ways to keep the sanity. To focus on the bright spots though: 1. We are now raising some cute fish in a 10 gallon tank 2. Tie dying has become a family hobby 3. We enjoy quality family time every weekend with a lunch {& boba drinks} & movie date (Disney's Onward and Netflix's Over the Moon are standout favs) 4. Netflix & Kdrama has become a fond pastime for Eleen & Lucas (Netflix's Signal and It's Okay to Not Be Okay are excellent) 5. No one has been sick for a whole year (with kids in preschool & elementary school normall...
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