The delicious mock cocktail story
Yesterday afternoons mock cocktail of ‘Pellegrino w/ tangerine squeeze!’🍊
I made a personal commitment to myself the day before Thanksgiving just this past year of 2019 to not consume any alcohol or coffee for the rest of 2019 (crazy i know lol) then decided to continue with my personal goal and commitment for the entire year of 2020!
It’s been almost 6 months without both and I feel AMAZING!! The amazingness feeling I’m referring to most of all is how good it has felt to have kept my promise and word to myself no matter what.
I ALWAYS looked forward to having a glass of wine at the end of the day with my fiancé a few times a week and definitely during other social events with my friends and family. I also absolutely LOVED waking up to a cup of coffee in the morning especially on the super early busy mornings.
However, my longer term goals and dreams have become more important and priority to me as I’ve been on this personal growth journey. I’m 35 now turning 36 next month and I’ve never been more healthy and excited about life and possibility. Even during the global crisis we’re all going through right now which is extremely difficult. You so have my empathy and compassion.💛
I feel like I’ve been better able to handle these challenging times due to having a clearer mind and future to look forward and work towards. Vision and purpose in my opinion is EVERYTHING, without out we settle and suffer in just about every area of life.
I remember living without a vision and purpose for a long time, over 30 years to be exact and it didn’t feel very good, at all. I was forced to wake up, to start learning from my mistakes and failures and to change my ways. This wasn’t fun but it was oh so necessary and completely life changing!
Today, I encourage you to consider doing the same in your own life. Consider giving yourself PERMISSION to dream and to visualize the life you want. Visualize and then journal your thoughts and ideas down. This is where clarity happens, and where there is clarity, confidence starts to build, and when you have confidence you start taking action on your goals and dreams!
Xoxo
Nikki