End of the Year

It's getting to be that time of year when we start thinking about New Year resolutions and stuff like that. We review our year, take note of where we fell down in our plans and make promises to ourselves that things will be different in the new year... I don't know about you... but New Year's resolutions don't always seem to work out for a lot of people... me included...

Part of it I think is that we make a whole bunch of resolutions all at once. We're going to eat right, drink lots of water, exercise 5 times a week, play with the kids, take more me time and... whatever else we can come up with. That seems like the conditions for failure. Too much stuff and our brain is going to shut down and try to maintain the status quo... Better to tackle one thing at a time!

So then, we say "I'm going to be more patient this year"... or something like that... Maybe that's a bit too broad... How about narrowing it down a bit, again making it a bit smaller and more manageable... I'll be more patient in line-ups at the grocery store. Who knows... if I can do that, it might overflow into the rest of my life as well...

Write it down. Put it somewhere prominent. Put it in your car, in your office, in your wallet... wherever you might see it over and over again. Remember, this is something that you are putting out there... writing it down gives it weight and power.

Declare it... Tell yourself that you are letting go if impatience in the grocery store and are in development with patience in the grocery store... And then see what happens. Odds are you'll have a lot of opportunities present themselves for patience!! That's great...

And remember, if you screw up once or twice, it doesn't mean the end of the world or the end of your resolution has come. Be kind to yourself and step up again...

Keep your word... to yourself... That's key...