By Dr. Seun Sowemimo
Believe me, I know–when you first wake up, don’t reach for your phone. Yes, this is absolutely sage advice–except when you are a surgeon.
My profession is a 24/7 requirement and urgent situations require me to be connected to my patients and the hospital.
So I reach for my phone, blurry-eyed and half asleep.
I subscribe to several inspirational social profiles–spiritual, motivational, humorous–you name it.
This morning, I saw a post that made me sit up and take note:
Where will you be six months from today?
Six months is an interesting time frame–it can arrive in the blink of an eye or be broken down into:
- 180 days
- 4,320 hours
- 259,200 minutes
When you see the breakdown of time, you realize how much can be accomplished during this time.
Six months is a more manageable timeframe that’s easier for me to digest than an entire year.
It made me think about where I want to be by June 16, 2022, and what I hope/need/aspire to achieve during the hours leading up to this time.
It requires some thought, planning and cold, hard goal-setting.
I’d much rather make a 6-month plan rather than dusting off my annual New Year’s Resolutions List, which spans 12 long months.
This year, I’ll find a quiet place to think about my personal and professional goals--starting today–not January 1.
I’m sharing this goal-setting option with you, in case you’re also ready to modernize the annual New Year’s Resolutions tradition.
In fact, let’s meet back here in six months and see how far we’ve come.
My plan is to change-up some of my goals, drop a few and add one or two.
I’m inspired for 2022, even amidst the current adversity in the world. While I can’t control everything, I can control my life.
Let’s do this.