Happy December! Again, I feel like last month flew by. I don’t know how November is over when it feels like it was just Halloween. Maybe doing Fake Thanksgiving threw things off a bit for me? But it still feels like November was a month that wasn’t there. And I’m ready to have one last monthly challenge for 2022.
For November, I challenged myself to be more efficient and to be more open to asking for help. When I set that challenge, I really thought it would be more about my work than about my personal life. And of course, I didn’t have too many things going on with work that would have required help or that were different from what I had done before. But I did try to be more efficient in my workflow each day. I tried to do some planning with which tasks need to be done immediately and which tasks could wait so I could do them in batches. And I think I’ve gotten off to a good start with this because I have noticed that I’m not struggling as much to get through my work each day.
But I did have the chance to ask for help with a non-work thing. I’m pretty short and sometimes things at the grocery store are either on the tallest shelves or they are at the back of the shelf so I can’t reach them. I’m used to standing on the lowest shelves to reach things because they normally aren’t that out of my reach. But a few weeks ago, I couldn’t reach something I wanted and instead of climbing to reach it, I asked someone who was also in that aisle to help me. I don’t love asking for help because I feel like I need to prove to myself that I can do things on my own. But it was nice not having to worry about my balance or struggling to grab the things I wanted. And the person who helped me didn’t seem to be too bothered to help and they even asked if there was anything else on that aisle I couldn’t reach. I still think that I won’t always ask for help because I can usually do things on my own, but it was a good reminder that it’s not a huge task to ask for help.
And for my December challenge, I want to do things that will help me make 2023 another successful year. I have some things on my list that I haven’t done since the move that I need to stop putting off. I want to start next year off feeling organized and settled. I also want to get things ready like my new planner so I need to spend time planning out my goals for the year and maybe also making a list of potential monthly challenges. And I want to do some of the usual things people do when getting ready for a new year like going through my clothes again to see what I don’t need and making sure that I don’t have any expired food (I recently found expired spices so I’ve been working on going through those). I know everything won’t be perfect, but I know it will be nice to kick off a new year feeling like I have a clean slate and I’m ready for whatever the year will bring.
I have a feeling that December is going to fly by faster than other months this year and I don’t want the end of the year to be here before I’m ready for it! So hopefully what I can accomplish this month will really help me get set up and I can start 2023 feeling ready for whatever the year will bring my way!
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