Sunday Scribblings #199: Yes!

Last year I said Yes to believing myself a writer.  It took me years of starts and stops but last year, in about 6 months, I finished my first novel, and one I'm proud of. I'm still working on it, revising and polishing, but it made me believe in myself as a writer, something that I was beginning to give up on. 

Last year, I also said Yes to believing that things turn out okay no matter how desperate the situation seems.  I have to constantly remind myself of this even now, because I do panic when things are out of my control or when I think I've made a mistake, or simply when I'm not sure how they are going to turn out. 

This year, I am saying Yes to new beginnings, of all kinds, because my life will be full of them.   I love the idea of new beginnings.  The reality of them has become something else since my child was born.  New beginnings now come with real fear of the unknown, because I want to give my child the most stable life possible. And yet, without new beginnings, I would feel stuck, depressed, lost, and then I would not definitely not give him the life he deserves or myself. So new beginnings, here we come. 

This year, I am also saying a definite Yes to being positive.  I do not mean not reflecting on my actions, especially if they did not have the outcome I wanted, but for sure reflecting on them and then looking at how to make things better for my family and myself.  I won't dwell on the things that are wrong, but on what can go right.  And to help myself with this, this year, I am also saying Yes to making clear goals, visualizing them, and being organized about reaching them. 

What are you saying Yes to this year?