New Years Resolutions… in March!
Friday, March 7th, 2008Can you believe it’s March already? Well, if you’re like most people, all your New Year’s Resolutions are little more than a distant memory. Goals, dreams and aspirations for the year… Gone! And the year rolls on. I think that is a bit of a shame so to help you get back on track I’ve got a few suggestions for you. Let’s begin the process properly. First find somewhere quiet to sit down, somewhere with no distractions. The only thing you’ll need is your paper and pen or a computer (as long as it’s not connected to the internet, remember NO distractions). Found the space? Great, now take a fresh piece of paper (or a new page on your computer) and begin to write all the things you’d like to achieve, not just this year but anytime in the future. No matter what it is, everything, big, small or otherwise. Write it all down. The key here is to be like a kid again, to really let your imagination flow. If you’ve never done this you’ll be surprised how motivating it can be. Okay now go back over the list and mark the ones you’d really like to achieve this year and then pick your top four. What you have now is a ‘wish list’. The key is to now turn them into goals. A full goal setting process can be quite involved, what we are trying to achieve here is to simply re-ignite some motivation for you to begin. So, now take those four goals and write down at least 10 reasons why it is so important for you to achieve them. Okay, now write down one step, one thing you can do right now to begin you on the path to realisation. Now do it. That one thing, do it now. Then think of the next thing and do that next and so on. Yeah, I know this is simple and there is much, much more you can do along the way, but hey this is start, and if nothing else you’ll be reminded of those New Year Resolutions!