New Year Resolutions?

It’s that New Year’s resolution time of year again…The question is, how will you feel about the resolution you want, today, 12 months from now?

In the past, as you may remember if you’ve been reading the blog for long, I’ve been a bit sniffy about New Year’s resolutions. Along the lines of, “Following the crowd is generally a bad idea…Winter-in the Northern hemisphere-is a lousy time for a life change…” Etc, etc.

But actually, there is one form of resolution that has worked for me for several years, even when made in time for January 1st, rather than in spring.

And seeing as the vogue for Jan 1st resolutions isn’t going to disappear anytime soon, it makes sense to explain the method here.

It’s far more than just a, “quick fix”, so I’m going to split it into parts over more than one post. But here’s the first step:

Imagine that it is December 31st, 2008. What would you like to be saying, doing and feeling, as a habitual and accepted part of your life, that is different from your state today?

(If you can think of more than one thing, pick th one that feels as if it matters the most. If nothing springs to mind, ponder this for a few hours until something meaningful pops into your mind).

That’s it for the first stage….More in the next post. And remember, even though people make resolutions on January 1st, they can be for the whole year, not just Jan 1st.

Hope this helps

More in the next post.

Clare