Season 3: Back to the Basics – 2022 Recap

Cole’s Corner

Hey y’all! I know, I know, I’ve been missing from this blog almost the entire last year. I had such big goals for 2022, however life … well life definitely happened. But the good news: I have BIG plans for 2023 that I can’t wait to share with you. I’m not sharing it yet though. I’ll give a glimpse in my next post.

I started 2022 off strong trying to release 2 blog posts a month and I accomplished that in January… but only in January.

When I say life happened in 2022, it isn’t all negative. Life happened, but in a different way.

Truthfully, I was in a rut for a lot of 2022 but I’ve realized the rut came from thinking everything would fall in to place how I pictured in my head. Some say: “we make plans, and God laughs.” Well, if that’s the case I was the ring leader in a circus.

My running theme was: “I gotta find a way to get this money by tomorrow.” I had plans for every area of my life. I thought I knew where I was supposed to be financially, emotionally, career wise, relationship wise, etc. But my plans quickly changed when my motivation stopped matching my implementation. I knew where I wanted to go, but I had no idea how to get there. I was overwhelmed with passion but I literally couldn’t figure out how to get the ideas from my brain to actual reality. Actually, I still don’t know how. But a friend once told me, “when you don’t have motivation have discipline.”

Now that I reflect on it, I get why 2022 wasn’t “it,”or at least what I thought it would be. I didn’t have the systems in place to create the discipline I would need throughout the year. I finished law school in 2021, failed the bar exam (you can read about it in my last post), started my first legal job, and entered back into regular life. So, 2022, was my first whole year out of school and back to regular life. The dust was settling and truthfully, I think it took the whole year to deal with life circumstances and readjust. Readjust to life without school, life in my career, and regaining a social life. So by the end of the of 2022 I realized my goal in 2022 should have been to do what I could. So I should be kinder to myself because I did just that: what I could do.

The last quarter of 2022, I forced myself to take some time away from everything to be present and talk to God. I knew I would need to do something different in 2023. I knew I would need discipline. And fasting … fasting takes discipline.

I’ll get more into my fast journey later but one thing I also realized during my fast was that I don’t have to be good at just one thing and share that on my platform. Everyone wants to have a niche. Or at least that was my perception: that I had to have a certain audience or market to a targeted group—and you should if that works for you! But I was so caught up in trying to make all my content match that it was hindering my growth. So I decided to create this particular part of my outlet and call it “Cole’s Corner.” Which will be a space for my random thoughts and feelings. An open diary. A section for transparency in most areas of my life because I feel like that’s one of the things our generation needs… transparency. Cause chile, this life/adult thing is way more complicated than what I expected.

So, I’m back, refreshed, and I can’t wait to use this platform as blueprint. A blueprint for what I’ve done. Not saying my steps are what you should do, but letting different areas of my life be an example of the good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful, and most importantly God’s grace… because he truly is amazing. My motivation to blog and podcast is now stronger than ever. I’ve decided that I’m just going to do it. It might have taken 3 years but the third times the charm. Some of it may be random, but it will all be real.

This corner is for everything. I’m no longer limiting myself to a “niche” or a “box.” I’m committing to trying it all and whatever works…. works. I hope you tap into my journey and I hope you also make the decision to not limit yourself .. to try everything. How do you learn what you like or don’t like? How do you learn what you’re good at? How do you learn what works and doesn’t work? … you TRY. You start, you try, and if it doesn’t work you try again. They say failure is the best teacher, right? I believe so because even if you have to start over, you start over better. You start over with more experience. You start further along then where you used to be. My life is probably the best example of that. I’ve been trying to consistently blog for how long now? THREE years. But I’m determined, I’m dedicated, and even in my mistakes or failures I REFUSE to give up. Giving up is easy. Pushing forward is hard. That three is now the prequel to a year that will impact a generation.

So I welcome you all to 2023. A year of synergy, a year of alignment, a year where God does exceedingly, abundantly above all I can ask or think. And I believe he’s going to do the same for you. We’re coming for everything we’ve ever wanted and we’re about to learn together. Let’s get into ittttt.