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My Goals for 2017

2/8/2017

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​Happy new year! As the new year dawns, I often take the time to reflect on 2016. But living in the past is not productive, because it has already passed! You can only live into the future! So, I start to think of 3 different questions:
  1. Who do I want to be?
  2. What do I want to do differently?
  3. What can I create this year to bring those to life!
So, what answers have I come up with for 2017? I’ll tell ya! Firstly, I want to be someone who continues to inspire others. That’s simple, right? Some may say, I am already inspiring. But that doesn’t mean I continue to live into that. What could I do to be more inspiring!? It means continuing to invent ways to be more inspiring, such as inventing new lectures, meeting more people, getting involved in new professional development activities. These would not keep me as an inspiring person, but would make me live into being someone who is inspiring!
Next, what do I want to do differently? Although I love what I do I need to continue to have a full life. And “work” as it seems to be called (right?) is only a part of that. Life includes things like family and pets (which are family, excuse me!), friends, exercise, sunshine, vacations, personal and professional growth, and that thing called work. If you imagine your life as 100%, how do you divide up your time? It seems that as veterinary technicians work should always be the majority- 51% or more. Why is that so? Why can’t you be an amazing veterinary technician and be 20, 15 or even 10% of your “life!?” I am striving to be an inspiring veterinary technician and have a life. Let’s see how that goes!
Now that we answered Questions 1 and 2, I always ask myself what actions I can take to bring those to fruition. It is great to think and dream but actions are what brings these into existence. So, what can you do? It may be a physical action like signing up for a conference or something as easy as asking an old friend to coffee. If you thought of who you want to be and what you want to do differently, what actions will you take to live into in 2017? Post below in the comments!

​--David

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Ashish link
8/21/2017 04:50:50 am

Being a veterinary is the most honest and humble job one can do. It is not easy to be a veterinary doctor long working hours and treating harmless animals who are not able to express themselves.

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