Hi all! the million dollar question! what do you/I want? my therapist just asked me that last week. I became a mother at age 18, later married , had another child, divorced, did the single mom thing, left the desert for the Midwest,remarried, new jobs, new responsibilities, caring for ailing parents and now helping raise my grandchildren. My husband and i had an empty nest for about one and a half years but during that time we both were focused on new jobs...
What was it that i wanted for myself in life? hmmm... why is the answer to this question so elusive for so many of us? I think feelings of guilt and selfishness play a huge role in my inability to answer that question. that paired with the notion that my dreams are just some pie-in-the-sky, unattainable goals. (light bulb moment- no wonder i'm having trouble with lesson 2 goal setting!!!)
i do know one thing that i want for myself and that is the assertiveness Daily Llama writes about- i long to be a confident, assertive woman who doesn't second guess her every decision, thought and action. Kurt Cobain is quoted as saying, "i would rather be hated for who i am than loved for who i am not".
guess i better get working on those goals! "shoot for the moon- even if you miss you'll land among the stars"
