{"id":3361,"date":"2021-06-03T00:12:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T04:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brighteyedsmiles.com\/?p=3361"},"modified":"2025-04-21T09:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:46:06","slug":"goal-check-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brighteyedsmiles.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/03\/goal-check-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Goal Check-In"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Simply put, this year has had a handful of twists and unexpected turns. Whilst I do enjoy roller coasters (they tickle me and I laugh and laugh), I’d rather not experience anything similar in real life. However, as we all know, rarely do things go just as we planned. When looking back, I typically can see the silver lining. But, in the moment of the surprising news or going through what only time can solve, life can feel rather icky.<\/p>\n

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During these unsettling times, I personally tend to veer away from my routines; forgetting my good habits. Most often, I want to take some sort of action. Typically these actions are healthy distractions. For example, cleaning the house, updating rooms and moving furniture around.<\/p>\n

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This is all well and good until a month has passed without progress on my actual goals. Funny enough, a few years back, to my huge surprise, a quiz I took at work told me I was lacking in focus. At this exact moment, as I write this, I realize perhaps why my results appeared as they did.<\/p>\n

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Anyway! This past weekend, the awareness that I was avoiding true quiet time with myself came over me. This resulted in the ah-ha moment of where some (not all) of my recent anxiety was stemming from. (Quiet time defined as no school work, no books, no movies, no texting. In other words, I hadn’t recently sat down and really looked over the last few months and the months to come.)<\/p>\n

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I sincerely hope you find this as funny as I do. Upon my realization, I thought to myself, “Rose, you literally write a blog about this… take your own advice.” And that is exactly what I did. Taking out a pen and paper, I went back through all my blog posts. The two I found most helpful were:<\/p>\n

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