What's in Your 2021 Toolkit? by @MagdalenaScott

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Wow, kids, we've almost made it to the end of 2020. 

A year ago, many of us were planning 2020: choosing our word of the year, using our prettiest cursive in a lovely floral planner book, adhering colored sticky notes onto our Kanbans, or pasting the final magazine picture onto our vision boards.

2020 was to be my Year of Travel. Instead, I had a February of Travel, and I know I was fortunate to have that. Read about my coach trip from Southern Indiana to Key West here:  https://www.sweetromancereads.com/2020/02/solo-travel-florida-in-february-by.html

Since I can't locate a list of my goals for 2020, I can't beat myself up for incomplete tasks. (Woot!) 

But in preparing to write this post, I reflected on the things I have accomplished this year. It was a surprisingly positive experience. I suggest that you take a few moments to give yourself credit for achievements during the toughest months that any of us has experienced. 

I won't include my goals list for 2021 here (you're welcome!) but want to share some of the things that are going into my 2021 Toolkit. (Full disclosure: most of them were also in my 2020 Toolkit.)

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Here goes:

• Trello app, physical kanban board, and paper calendar for planning and tracking my writing;

• Vision board;

• Instrumental soft jazz for background writing music;

• Music with vocals for when I'm not trying to focus;

• Singing along, loudly - also when I'm not trying to focus;

• Meditation;

• Prayer;

• Daily walks in nature;

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• Kitty cuddles;

• Romantic comedy movies;

• Google Meet;

• As little Facebook as possible;

• Even less Twitter;

• Uplifting books to read;

• Healthy food;

• Plenty of sleep;

• Hugs (really looking forward to hugs); 

• Sense of humor;

• Forgiveness;

• Gratitude; and

• Fairy lights.

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What about you? What are some of the things going into your 2021 Toolkit?

Website: https://magdalenascott.com/