So we are in 2018.  New year, new goals, intentions, adventures and challenges.  Yep.

We tend to begin a new year on a really high and positive note. We encounter all the memes on social media about not taking old things with us into the new year; how everything will be so different. We purchase new gym memberships, eating plans, change jobs, our physical appearance and even relationship expectations (whether we are in a romantic one or not)  We post about it all and how good it’s going to be and we are highly motivated for change.

So how do we keep that high? or at the very least reach a level that we can maintain for at least the first quarter of the year.  We take a moment (if we haven’t) to de-clutter our lives a little more. What did we bring into the new year that we still need to let go?  old clothes, relationships that do not benefit any party involved, broken dishes, shoes, jewelry (we still haven’t had repaired), and our broken thinking that if not addressed will resurface.

yes we are in a new year and stopping to really take a moment (now that all the partying is done), to do a for real self check.

Have we let go of that self doubt that kept us from doing what we needed to do last year?

Are we still carrying some questionable coping skills that will sabotage our workout efforts when the stresses of 2018 kick in?

Did we really put closure to those relationships that we said we were done with? Or did we leave the door cracked yet another year, hoping that something will change?

I ask these things because I have been asking these questions and more of myself.  It’s  great to be on the initial high of the new year energy however, when the school and work vacations are over…

When the world and all it’s demands rush back in on us…

Have we made room for the new intentions to grow and thrive or will they be choked because we didn’t take the time to really prepare for this year?

Nobody said we had to have it all figured out on January 1. Why not take the entire month.  Why not take another look at the vision board, workout plan, eating plan, social calendar etc to make sure that what we put on them was OUR plan and not what others around us were doing.  Is it REALLY ours?  Can we really OWN what we have written down, cut and pasted and decorated?  It’s okay to make modifications.

Give space for hiccups, delays, what’s our plan A. (Because what we’ve really documented is plan B if you’re honest)  Now some may accuse me of being a pessimist . (Does anyone really know enough to be a pessimist?)   I’m just asking you to not think small. NOPE not saying that. What i’m saying is think about last January and how many of your intentions did you give full action?  An intention is nothing more than a statement of what we are planning.  What actions are necessary to bring that intention to fruition?  Have we made room for that to occur?

So before we go posting all the fotos on social media, let’s make sure that the new “US” is given a real opportunity to manifest this year.  Take your time we have 12 chapters to get this done.

But first…

Let’s discard, let go of ALL that we KNOW we don’t need to have a real chance to bring our intentions to a tangible reality.

 

Happy New year to the New you!