Progress was made; We go Again Next Year

The year is gradually coming to an end, hence it is a time of reminiscing on how we handled our affairs, how much progress we made and how things were generally. It is also a time of revisiting the goals we set for the year and gauging the outcome with the intent.

Earlier in the year, I had a lot of plans for myself, things I needed to do and milestones I needed to achieve. They were a lot, at some point I would feel overwhelmed by my goals but I would encourage myself to try and do the much I could without getting too pressured, after all, the end of the year is not deadline for success in life.

My goals could easily be divided into financial, career, relationship and social. In all these sections, I made significant progress and achieved significant milestones although I didn't reach the exact peak I intended in any of them but I got very close to my set points in each. I believe this counts for something, that is why I don't want to be hard on myself. I did well, and it's alright to have room for improvement.

Financially, I made significant progress towards achieving my goals although with the way things are going currently, I cannot achieve my target except a miracle happens. So I will continue working but not pushing to achieve it this year again.

Career wise, I am very close to my target. As a matter of fact, I should achieve it by early march with the way things are currently working.

So in as much as things did not go exactly as planned for me, I am not disturbed nor disappointed. On the contrary, I'm quite satisfied with my position and feeling optimistic about the coming year.

Hopefully, when the new year comes along, it will be accompanied by opportunities to not only fulfill this year's goals but also to achieve the new goals for the year because there will definitely be new goals.

One thing which I really learnt this year is patience and self-control.
Self-control in this sense is not that of being conservative but in taking charge of situations that involve me, and not letting people dictate my life because their office bears a title. At the same time I learnt to be patient and let things flow. When you combine the two, it is safe to say that I learnt how to balance things well this year.

Hopefully, by applying these principles next year, I should be able to reach my targets and possibly even surpass it.

When I see people who seem to be in a hurry to achieve certain things before the year runs out, I am surprised because the year didn't just start. So what have you been doing all the while that you start being serious in November or December. Being serious is not a problem but one has to be realistic. If not, you are only creating room for dissatisfaction and disappointment.