Did you make New Year resolutions, but now, after just a few weeks found that you had lost the motivation and willpower to continue with them?
Don’t feel bad – we’ve all done it. Whether it was a major life-changing resolution or something as simple as remembering to always hang your keys on their respective hooks when you come home, sometimes we need help to inspire us, guide us, and hold us accountable to ourselves and our commitments.
When was the last time you made a New Year’s resolution and realized that it was more than you could handle? Within the last few weeks? What did you do then? Have you gone back and broken it down into manageable parts or did you become overwhelmed with all that it entailed and let it go by the wayside?
Like lots of us, you probably became discouraged by the daunting wall of your resolutions and said “…next year…”
What if your New Year’s resolution this year was simply to not always be so overwhelmed by everything in your life? How would you go about uncluttering and organizing our life to this end? Take a minute and think about how it would be so much easier if you knew what were a Priority One things that you can’t do without, and what would go into the bucket that you’re not going to miss.
Now that a month has gone by, go back and think about the resolutions you chose this year; take a piece of paper and re-write them. As you do this re-write, take a long look at just what it will take to make them real. List your motivations and inspirations for each of them. Think about how they will honor you and your life. List the resources and time each of them will require, and any obstacles to achieving these resolutions.
With these few short answers in your hand, you now have a visual, tangible idea of what it is that you want to accomplish, know with clarity why you chose them, and what it will take to achieve your goal!
