Mel Robbins Has Me Thinking…
Heard this Mel Robbins quote on a podcast yesterday: “My dreams are my responsibility. No one is coming“.
We are responsible for our lives. That’s not to say that everything that happens or is going to happen is in our control, but we can create certain circumstances or environments for ourselves to live our lives in. This quote in particular has pushed me to really evaluate how I want and what I want to set my intentions for 2024. An even numbered year!!
And what I’ve concluded is that I don’t want to be a victim to circumstances or events in my life. I want to use past experiences as a learning opportunity to create the future I want. What I want per se is a little less the point. But more that I am tired of playing victim. I feel like in the last year, the first real year of being an adult, I blamed what I was unhappy with in my life on people or things that I deemed not my fault. And regardless of what happened, I used it as an excuse to continue on the path I was on, even though I knew I was unhappy.
I feel proud that I was able to recognize this because now I am going into 2024 with a determined mind to live out the life of my dreams. Or at least put my best foot forward to work towards it.
On some random instagram post there was a find a word puzzle and it said the first three words I saw would be my three words for 2024. Those words stuck and were: beginnings, happiness and protection. Not saying I listen or synthesize every little post on instagram but this resonated with me and so I internalized it. Those words spoke to me because I truly believe that I am working to set myself up to be in a new environment in a much happier place while protecting me. I think these words also made me think of boundaries and how it is important to be open and honest with the people you love in your life.
Bottom line, Superman isn’t coming.
I want to live my happiest healthiest and most joyous life and the only way I am going to do that is if I do what I feel is right for me. That can change and that’s a whole other thought bubble to sift through, but right now, I feel more aligned with the person I want to be and how to get there. And I am so ready to live those three words into existence. 2024 I am so ready for you.