It’s okay if you…
– have not made New Year’s resolutions
– do not have a Word of the Year
– have not set any goals yet for 2021
– have not set an intention
– are still recovering from 2020.
Give yourself permission to just be. You don’t have to have everything figured out right now.
We can put so much pressure on ourselves at the start of a new year to set goals, place high expectations on ourselves, do more, be more, think differently, be someone or something else, etc. This can be particularly challenging if you lean toward perfectionist, high-achieving tendencies. Not to mention, we are constantly exposed to external messages all around us that tell us if we’re not setting life-altering goals at the start of the year, then we won’t live our “best year yet!” or create “the new you!” These messages only create additional pressure and false beliefs that we’re not good enough. And it’s just not true.
Maybe now is not the time to set goals. Maybe now what you need is tenderness and gentleness with yourself. Maybe what you need is more rest, more recovery. Maybe it’s time to take the pressure off yourself. You are enough.
