A few weeks ago I wrote a post, what I want more of this year, and so this is the companion post to that one 🙂
I just mindmapped it and quickly came up with 8 things, but I’ll share 5 here today 😉
reading bad books
Part of my personality is that I’m a great completer of projects, persistent and I follow through. The shadow side to that means that I have a problem letting go.
I abandoned about 4 books last year which is AWESOME for me, since I just never could ever stop reading a bad book.
So while I’m not as bad as I was, I could get much better at this.
commuting time
I have a very flexible role at the moment which means I don’t need to be as office-based as before. Yet, I love the energy of my team and I’m an extrovert (ESTJ – with a driver function of extroverted sensing) so I’m probably in the office a bit more than I need to be.
This year I want to commute less than last year and use my time more productively.
Instagram coma
Instagram coma is a term I use to describe the state where you go into a trance just scrolling all the pretty pics, liking, commenting, etc. It’s addictive and often a lot more time passes than you realise.
A few weeks ago I realised it was getting worse so I’m trying to do something productive instead of that coma, like write a blog post, organise something quickly, throw in a load of laundry. Anything to break that trance-like state.
Being a firstborn at work
When I read The Firstborn Advantage last year, I realised that a lot of my tendencies at work are actually firstborn traits.
Like being the one to log a call for the printer cartridges to be replaced, volunteering for things no-one else wants to do, being the first to actually do and submit reports, etc.
I think it’s related but I also realised at the end of last year that sometimes I fight the point because I’m right instead of choosing the work relationship and letting them figure it out in their own time that a solution was the right way.
So I’m going to be super relaxed this year with things that don’t matter, saving my energy for the real stuff I’m employed to do 🙂
weak boundaries
This is an interesting one but there is one relationship in my life where I have very weak boundaries. My husband even commented recently that this is not like me!
I think it’s because this relationship is linked to something I consider a big part of my identity and I don’t want to mess that up. Still, it’s not good because it leaves me feeling resentful and frustrated when I feel my boundaries are being pushed time and time again.
I would love some ideas for gentle boundary strengthening 🙂
What do you want less of this year?
I want less stress in my life and less procrastinating. I also tend to over-think things, so I could do with less of that too. I am so guilty of the instagram coma. I have wasted so many study hours scrolling through #study #desk all in the name of getting motivated.