Do you begin the year with a list of New Year’s Resolutions? Things you swear you are going to do or not do that will make this year different than all the rest?
And then, just a few weeks into the year, you realize you’ve abandoned your list, slacked off on all of the things you swore would be different this time?
And you feel pretty down on yourself?
Face it, resolutions are a great concept, but they’re usually goal oriented and don’t address HOW to achieve what we want.
Here are some simple suggestions to help you focus more on the HOW of the changes you want to make in your life.
1. Take some time to discover what you really want
2. Be brave and say it out loud
3.Join an online coaching circle
4. Be open to opportunities that may not look like your original vision
5. Do more of what you love
6. Hang out with people you admire
7. Find more balance between your body, mind and spirituality
8. Say NO more often to the things that don’t make your heart sing
9. Say YES more often to what tickles your fancy
10. Imagine yourself already being, doing, having what you desire
Another tactic is to rephrase your resolution.
Instead of lose 20 lbs, how about, make healthier snack choices. This gives you a concrete action step that you can take, a HOW TO for losing weight. It gives you something tangible and real that you can choose to do that supports the results you want.
Every day is a new opportunity to say YES to what we want, what we really want. Every day offers us a chance to choose HOW we can make that possible.
So what do you want to to make happen in your life?
What do you want to manifest in 2013?
I’d love to hear what you’d like to manifest in your life this year. Post your dreams here in the comments and you’ll be doing step #2!
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My biggest focus this year will be on purging and making time/space for loving myself… meaning, reclaiming time to create without guilt. Oh, that’s the tricky part… the guilt part. Steps I am taking are looking at areas of my home that are imprisoning me emotionally and tackling those areas first. I have plans for next steps to then conquer my studio and do major purging and reorganizing so I can have a functional studio. I also want to make space in it for my husband’s keyboard so we can share the studio space and have a completely separate room where we can create. By starting with areas in my home that have been emotionally draining to me, it’s creating a calm in my home so it can be more functional and clutter free allowing less guilt whenever I sit to create. I’m basically, setting the stage for myself to create this year. Building the foundation to free myself. That is my goal.
Angie, I’m so excited to hear this. “setting the stage for myself to create this year. Building the foundation to free myself.” YES! As for the guilt, can you come up with some strong affirmative sentences that give you PERMISSION to follow through….Happy Year of creation and freedom!
I will manifest more courage in my life and live with faith rather than fear!
Andrew–Faith, not fear…the key to everything!!! Remember all of the times that things worked out when you gave up fear for faith…