The full moon posts (last month’s review and then this month’s) will be a little behind schedule (only by a day)–because I’ve fallen behind schedule in terms of writing.
Today marks November’s full moon and the partial lunar eclipse. I didn’t observe the eclipse–mainly because I wasn’t up for setting an alarm for basically 2 o’clock in the morning and staying up for about two hours to try to catch it at its peak. I’ll just have to wait for the next one–and hopefully it will peak around six in the morning.
Now, there are only eleven days left in November (after today), and forty-two days left in 2021. It will be interesting to see how 2022 goes, considering the ‘roller-coaster’ that 2021 has turned out to be.
Before I look ahead to the Taurus full moon, I should look back at the goals I set for the Aries full moon and see how I did with each of them.
The goals that I set for the Aries full moon included:
- Making use of the Self-Control App again. It is a time management app that allows you to block access to specific websites for a specific amount of time each day. I usually use it to stay off of social media (mainly Facebook and Instagram) and the news.
- Putting my phone on airplane mode (again to keep myself from randomly checking social media) and placing it across the room.
- Have the kindle turned off and charging (again across the room). This way I won’t be tempted to read or play games
- Continue on the never-ending journey of personal/professional development.
- Draft a new ‘master plan’ that includes reworking the blog/website (for remote/freelance/contract writing), personal/professional development, hobbies and life in general.
So how did I do with the Aries goals?
The first three goals were all related to time management. In that regards, I did okay–not great (as I didn’t set teh phone or kindle across the room), but I did make a little progress.
One thing I noticed–I’d let my inner critic/imposter syndrome ‘win’ another debate. While I’ve been getting better at setting and metting little goals throughout the week/month, this past month I’d ‘slid’ backwards and allowed myself to be distracted from my goals.
Still working on the ‘master plan’. I’ve realized that one of my ‘hang-ups’ is still allowing ‘outside’ influence (i.e. worrying about what others think of the direction I’ve decided to go with my career).
Being a questioner, I’m suppose to be able to honor ‘internally’ set goals (for things that matter and make sense to me), without (in theory) worrying about the opinions of others. Well–I’ve realized that I’m still letting some of my childhood anxiety issues creep into my day-to-day adult life (things I’m slowly working through). In that regards, I’ve decided that as I work on the ‘master plan’ I need to phrase the goals in such a way that they address one of the following ‘topics’/’issues’:
Am I working toward the type of future career I want (i.e. location independent, harnessing my strengths: leaner, intellection, input, achiever, curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking, honoring my values, and is it challenging [but not massive, daily anxiety-inducing challenging)?
Am I working towards a travel/health combo goal (i.e. going to Peru and hiking around Machu Picchu or going to Tanzania and hiking up Mt. Kilimanjaro)?
Am I staying true to my values (curiosity/creativity, knowledge/learning, spirituality/inner harmony/peace, evolution/transformation/growth, and vitality), and/or have any of them changed?
In terms of the personal/professional development goals–I’m still working through the one ‘assignment’ from the Write Your Way to Freedom course (we were having Wi-Fi issues last month), and I didn’t get as much done as I’d originally plan.
Baby steps were made last month (the Wi-Fi issues didn’t help), and acknowledging my semi-procrastination is a huge win for me–because I usually just try to sweep it under the ‘rug’ and promise myself I’ll do better next month. I’m not sweeping it under the ‘rug’ But I will do better next month.
Having the above questions to help guide my goals will help immensely and that is what life is about–moving forward, figuring out why we’re backtracking, and making those adjustments to keep moving forward.
Progress this year has been in baby steps—I’ve been working off of comfort diagrams (I should be posting my latest one within the next week or so), new/full moon goals, and my strengths/weaknesses. I’ve decided on a career ‘path’—remote/contract/freelance/online that will allow me to be somewhat location independent, make use of my strengths, and also give me some ‘control’ in the type of projects I take on.
How are you meeting your goals?
Do you acknowledge when you’re derailing yourself, or do you try to ignore it?
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