Finding New Goals – Part 2

Thank you to everyone who responded to my letter. It was helpful to read your comments and think about them for a while. I haven’t found my goals yet, but I think it isn’t going to take me too long to build them.

I want to thank Karen for responding first. It was very nice of you. I think you are wise and smart women. You gave me several great pieces of advices:

1. “You must have multiple levels of goals. Some are very long term, some just long term, and others short term.”

2. Short term goals will affect the very long term goals…

3. If you set goals for 1, 3, 5, 10, and 25 years down the road, it gives you things to continually work towards to…

Thank you Valerie! I appreciate what you said in you letter. It made me think about “RIGHT” goals. What would make me feel good about myself after I will accomplish them? I think I still need a couple more months to put everything in my head step by step…
It was great advice and made me a little embarrassed…

1. Ask yourself “What truly makes me happy?"

2. Right goals will bring you a feeling of joy and completeness, bad ones would leave you empty…

3. Life is a growing experience and there isn't one easy answer, you just have to search yourself and find what works the best for you.

Thank you April! It was a big surprise for me to see a letter from you. It was very nice of you to share your opinion with me.

1. God is the motivation to go forward and know the right way…

2. One time you will wake up and think about the “life you have lived”…

3. Goals like being more thoughtful, giving of my time to a worthy cause, being a better human being can make you happy…

At the end I want to tell you the story that made me think about my goals and life. My lovely husband gave me a present for International Women’s Day in Russia (March 8th). I went to the salon for a deep clean tissue massage. It was fantastic! Everything was perfect: the right lighting, comfortable seating, kind people, relaxing smells, and a great massage. It was honestly the best present in my life, after Buka and Winki.

The man that performed the massage had a degree in psychology. He was asking me questions to know me better and to help me relax and let go of all my “stress spots”.

One is his questions was: “If you didn’t have any responsibilities, what would you do right now?” I didn’t know what I would do. I couldn’t think of anything.

His next phrase was: “Do you know how old I am?”
I guessed that he was 40. I was wrong. He was 50 years old.

He told me that life goes by so fast. You need to take time right now to stop and think what you want from life. Because, maybe the next time I would stop and think about it, I would not be 25 years old.

God wants you to meet different people through your life,
because he wants you to recognize the special ones,
that you would meet later on.

Katya