First week of 2021 and like most, your resolutions have died a quiet death. All those resolutions you so easily spouted about “new year-new you” have disappeared like fine mist on a summer day. Making the most of the new year is a natural inclination that most of us ascribe to. We innately believe that the future can be better. Hence the tradition of making resolutions by harvesting the energy of a fresh new start. Sadly, these resolutions hardly survive the first few months of the new year. Resolutions tends to concentrate on changing our exterior, without affecting change on our interior landscape. That is like painting the exterior of an old house without doing the necessary interior repairs to ensure a happy abode.
Life happens, that is why resolutions often fall by the wayside. We have all been there.
Do not be discouraged by your failed attempt at changing certain areas of your life. Instead of making resolutions, decide to make changes to your lifestyle that will create “a new you” effortlessly. Don't believe me? Read on.
Only a fresh, new attitude can bring a new you into being. Effective change happens from the inside out not vice versa. Firstly, Make and take time for you, Schedule time in which you are the main and only feature. Alone time is important to ensure that the focus is and stays on yourself, so No interactions with others allowed. This is not the time to paint your toes or gorge on chocolates. This time is contemplation time, in which you earnestly sit and imagine what you want your life to look like and who you want to be. It seems simple but believe me, it is easier said than done. You will have to dig through a mountain of BS before you recognize the truth of who you are and what really matters to you and resonates with your innermost self. Unlike daydreaming this involves asking and answering the difficult questions. It demands brainstorming to come up with the ideal version of you and your desired life. What needs to change to create your ideal self and life? Keeping notes by journaling is the smart thing to do. Make notes on everything; what it is you need, want and ideas about how you can go about affecting it. Decide about which areas in your life warrants an upgrade and then go about implementing the necessary changes systematically, not haphazardly. You have to get deliberate. That is why planning and diligence is key for a successful transition. This year, go big. Overhaul your life by recognizing that you, only you possess the power to strategize and take deliberate action to align your body, mind and soul so that you can live your life wholeheartedly, knowing and accepting that every decision you make shapes your life, either into a dream or a nightmare. The choice is yours.
Let these quotes inspire you to recognize that your mind is Divinely appointed as your creativity source. Therefore, guard it zealously by controlling what you allow into it. Only allow the thoughts that will allow you to create masterpieces and not catastrophes.
What do you need in the New Year? You need a dream; your dream needs an action; and your action needs right thinking! Without right thinking, you can have only unrealised dreams - Mehmet Murat Ildan
Your mind is the genie that can make your dreams true or turn them into nightmares. That is why you need to take control of your thoughts.
A Sunrise is God’s way of saying, ‘Let's start again’ - Todd Stocker
Each new day is an opportunity to start afresh, a new beginning gifted by the Divine.
Starting over can be challenging, but also it can be a great opportunity to do things differently - Catherine Pulsifer
A new beginning is hard but also liberating as you get the opportunity to redo life; wiser for having learnt from past mistakes.
The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul - G.K. Chesterton
A fresh start demands a fresh attitude. You cannot enact change if your mindset is still stuck in old ways.
