We are entering the time of year where reflection over the past year becomes a driving force in our lives. We look at our goal list we created at the beginning of the new year to see how many goals we accomplished. We evaluate whether the goals we accomplished meant as much as we thought they would. We look at the goals we failed at or we didn't get to. We look at the goals we let go of because their value was not what we thought it would be. All this reflection time is a necessary action in our lives. We use this reflection time as a measuring stick for ourselves and our lives to see how much we have grown as human beings. I think we can sometimes go through paralysis through analysis when we spend to much time reflecting over the past year.

I propose that, while we are doing the healthy actions through our reflection, we should be formulating your new goals. Some of you new goals should be built off of your past goals that we were able to accomplish I.E. 30,000 burpee's for 2019 to 30,000 burpee's + 10,000 pullups for 2020.

The goals that were not accomplished need to be asked Why Not. The answer to the why will allow you to refine these goals (if they were worth it in the first place). This will allow you the opportunity to go after them again. Any goal that you feel in your heart, mind and soul has a meaningful value to you should never be abandoned. These goals are probably very hard and complex. They have a deeper meaning that is difficult to convey through words and voice, but you know deep inside you have to find a way to keep working at them.

Doing 30,000 burpee's and 10,000 pull ups is easy. It really just requires dedication, commitment and work. Three traits all of us are capable of doing. Fixing a relationship, changing careers, becoming a parent, letting go of a negative past, these are hard goals. They require deep resiliency and serious amounts of faith. But we should not be afraid of these goals.

We should embrace them. We know they will be difficult and hard. We know there will be pain involved, but we also know the feelings and emotions of the journey are worth it and will have a positive and profound effect on our lives and those around us.

Remember, wake up.... kick ass.... be kind....repeat.