I love taking my journal out on New Years Eve each year to reflect on my year and write my expectations and goals for the year ahead. This year I had some trouble brainstorming on what I’d like to unfold for 2014…so I backed off and told myself that in time it will come. I realized, that’s a goal in and of itself right there…to not be so all or nothing (like I usually am). It’s ok if things aren’t perfect. Even though this is an exercise that I’ve done for myself since I was a kid, who says that I have to do it?  Giving myself the permission to back off felt fantastic. Take that, perfectionism!