2012 is fast approaching. Have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet? In the past, I’ve waited right up until the very last minute to write them down. Not only that, it was the same thing year after year up until this year. Lose weight, eat better, save money….you know the usual. This year I’m doing things a whole lot different! First- I’m not waiting until January 1st to write my list or to get started! I’m working on my goals right now! Why wait? There’s nothing stopping me from starting now except me. I was talking to a co-worker the other day and we were talking about how people wait until the new week to start exercising or eating right, and I told her I used to be the same way until it hit me that my body doesn’t know what day it is, and it doesn’t really care if I start exercising or eating right on Sunday, Monday or Friday. It’s the mentality that we have that says it’s easier to start in the beginning of the week. My challenge to you is this -why? I used to tell myself that I can eat what I want the rest of the week, or start researching or whatever I’m trying to accomplish, and I’ll just start fresh on Monday. Really? That’s not a valid reason to wait to start to improve your life. Now is just as good a time as Monday. I’m not only changing the time I start, I’m also changing the timeline. I used to give myself the whole year to get my act together and every year, by March- I’d usually give up, or forget or week after week I’d say- I’ll just start on Monday… the next thing I knew the year was over and I MIGHT have accomplished 1 or 2 things on the list.
What I’m saying to you is…. Not only make your list right now, but start it today! Give yourself a timeline to get it done. Put it somewhere so you see it every single day! If you need help or you have difficulty with this, you can always get someone to help you and hold you accountable. We all have different ways of handling things. Most people spend 40+ hours working hard for someone else, but when it comes to taking just a little bit of time to work for ourselves, we come up with every excuse in the book not to have to do it. Aren’t you worth it? Of course you are! I’m worth putting 30 minutes to an hour daily taking care of me and making sure I’m meeting my goals. I don’t meet all of my goals every single day, but I accomplish more when have my goals clearly written and I can see them. My goals are that important to me. Some of my goals are easy and can be accomplished right away. Some are on a longer timeline 6 months to a year, and I even have some goals for the next 5 years. I know that I have a lot to do and it can seem overwhelming at times, but if I don’t do anything towards achieving what I want. Why would anyone else want to help me reach my goals? If you need help accomplishing your goals get in touch with me. I’d be very happy to help you establish your goals and help you reach and possibly exceed them. Anything and everything is possible. Just trust yourself.
