Happy Natural New Year!!

As we moved into 2012 - it was a natural time to reflect on the previous year and look forward to all that the newness of another year will bring.  A few of us on Parelli Connect and my local playgroup took the time to come up with a list entitled "10 Things" - 10 things we are most proud of accomplished in 2011 and 10 things we are setting as goals for 2012.   While I did post this list on PC on January 1st - I am going to post it again - one would maybe wonder why I find this exercise important enough to post twice ... but my reason is this.  I discovered last year that stating your goals and putting them out into the world for others to see, makes them easier to achieve.  If you have a goal and only you know about it - if it doesn't get accomplished, you can slide it under the rug as if it never existed in the first place!  Stating goals aloud makes me more accountable!   So here it is:

10 Accomplishments from 2011

1.    I can't remember what fear feels like!
2.    I strengthened my existing Parelli friendships and made lots of new friends!
3.    I connected with instructors and a doorway to unlimited opportunities for learning.
4.    I got better with the 45' line and learned how to use it safely.
5.    I rode with Walter Zettl.
6.    I have ridden Tido enough without a bridle that if seems "normal".
7.    I played more at Liberty than ever - not enough to be truly passionate about it, but enough to respect
          why it is an important savvy.
8.    My relationship with my horse was stronger at the end of the year than at the beginning.
9.    I learned I am an RBI (axis point) and that my Humanality isn't a negative condition.
10.  I am right where I should be.

10 Goals for 2012

1.   Work to get proper facilities at home so that my Tido can be just outside my door!
2.   Physical Fitness - improve my balance, flexibility and endurance by being savvy with myself.
3.   Learn from Walter Zettl again!
4.   Ride a flying lead change.
5.   Trailer load, at liberty, while sitting on the roof of the trailer.
6.   Ride an experienced dressage horse to gain a better understanding of how some of these more
        advance movements feel when performed correctly.
7.   Renew my old passion for jumping.
8.   Trail ride regularly with a confident Tido and a confident me.
9.   Start my young Jessie while always having her stay calm and confident.
10. Take advantage of every learning opportunity that comes my way!

Sending out all my best wishes and hopes to everyone for a peaceful, successful and fun filled 2012!