Declare It Day - One Month into 2021

How's your momentum going so far this year?   How much thought do you give to momentum?  A few weeks ago, Mel from Fellow Flowers wrote about momentum and a conversation that she had with her daughter Alexis when they were finishing up their run coming down a hill.   Now I know that I am not a science teacher (Kudos to any of you that are.  I had a super awesome science teacher in high school - Mr. Etnyre.  I am always fascinated by science but could never teach it.), but I do love what momentum can represent - ENERGY!  I have been thinking about this whole idea of momentum/energy since the year began.  I want to increase the things that move me forward and decrease the things that are holding me back.  Sounds simple, right?   I wish it were.  

Here's one of the ways to get momentum going in my life:  set a powerful goal.   That's what Declare It Day is all about.  It was so awesome to be participating in my 5th DID with Fellow Flowers. 

This was definitely different though.  I wasn't able to go meet up with the crew and run any miles like in the past.  Instead it was a Zoom meet up last night - different but still so fulfilling.

When the new year began, I chose BELIEVE as my word for the year and it really is going to help me build and keep my momentum going to reach my 2021 Declare It Day Goal. A second step in maintaining momentum in life has to do with getting and staying motivated.  I've been working on that with book clubs.  My current book club is Get Out Of Your Head by Jennie Allen. While in the book, she talks about it as spiraling and not momentum, I feel like it's really similar.  Creating that new normal where we are operating in our purpose...sounds like momentum to me.  Jennie Allen talks about how if we don't believe (yes - she used that word) our minds will spin and spin looking for a place to land.  Much of this is about thoughts and positive thinking.  I am determined this year to use my BELIEF in myself to keep motivated and fixated on my declaration.

As I looked back on my declarations from year's past, I saw a pretty common thread of good habits and improving myself. Last year my declaration was to simplify-- get out of the mindset and thinking of more is better.  I'm not really straying from that tremendously this year.  This year I will believe in my faith, my journey, my own strength, and my abilities to overcome.  So much of what holds me back is in my own head.  

I've been working with Kate to prepare for her ACT test in March and one of the key things we keep reading is how important mental preparation and confidence is.  Many things we have been reading are about developing a positive mental attitude and simply believing that YOU WILL DO WELL!  Intend to do your best and believe it.  That's my big declaration for this year.  I'm going to stop believing the lies in my head and really do the things in my heart.  

This will be my year of doing more than just going through the motions.  That may seem like momentum but it's not.  In that sense it's an illusion.  That is more like drudgery than anything positive.  

I am going to live this year with momentum that is filled with meaning!

I promise that it wasn't a typo in the word abilities...just didn't have enough space for all my words...

Here's to new beginnings EVERY day:  365 chances to get better each and every year.  Use your momentum and move toward the life you want and can make happen!

Added just for a little motivation:

Will I Am