This year my motto is... Feel. Be. Act.

      {photo by my mister, @drsmoothdeath}

Happy new year! I've been taking these past few days of 2013 to figure out what I really want for my life in the year ahead... 

And I've decided, I'm making no resolutions. I'm setting no goals.

I'm focusing less on the things I want for my life, and more on how I want to FEEL.

I'm focusing less on what I want to do up ahead, and more on who I want to BE.

I'm tired of hoping for someday, and am ready to ACT on today.

I think when we become so worried about which path to take and if it's the right one, how long it's going to be and "when are we going to get to the end already?", that we forget to look up at the trees, and the light shining down through them- we forget about the happiness that we have access to, here and now.

We forget that there are signs pointing us in the right direction, and opportunities all around us, if we only look.

We forget that it doesn't really matter which path we pick- as long as it's our choice, it will lead us to that sense of fulfillment we seek.

{photo by me, Jena Coray}

So if we instead focus on how we want to feel, and who we want to be, each day, it leaves us more open to explore whichever path will lead us there, and more motivated, on a much deeper level, to create the life we really want for ourselves.  

This year, I want to FEEL: confident, courageous, connected, clear and like I really am making a difference in this world, in some small way

I want to BE: generous, open, determined, kind (to myself too), present and healthy

Whether that means getting my desk organized to help me feel more clear... Or saying yes to that speaking gig to feel more courageous...  Exercising even though I don't feel like it because I want to be healthy... Or not being overly critical of others, or myself, because I want to be kind...

Using how I want to feel, and who I want to be as a guide in all my actions, will align me right on the path of turning all those big goals and dreams into a reality.

How do you want to feel in 2013? What kind of person do you want to be? I'd love to hear some of the words you think will motivate you towards action in the comments below!