New Year....Same Old Goals?

Loose weight? Exercise more? Quit smoking? Watch less TV? These are often common resolutions during the New Year. But how many of us actually keep these resolutions? I know I don't. My husband doesn't, for the most part. Most of my friends fail with in the first two weeks. So what is it about making resolutions that seems so important at the time, but once it is said, we just leave them by the wayside as soon as we get too lazy to keep going? I suppose that as each New Year approaches, it makes us feel good to say we are planning to change. "This year will be my year! This year I'm going to do it!" But why can't we always be that way? Why does it have to be just once a year? It seems to me we have grown this mentality that we can't continually change. Change should be something we work towards on a daily basis. My husband and I have been known to have a difficult relationship. Why are we still together, some people ask. Because we choose to continually change. To work on our selves as well as our relationship. It has taken us several years to get to this point, but it is happening. The same goes for our business. If I ever want to get out of my J.O.B. then I have to change how I think. I have to take the initiative and pursue my dreams. I've always loved writing, so how can I make it work for me? By writing for myself, by writing for clients, by writing as much as possible to get my name out into the world. Eventually this will lead to my goal but not without a lot of work. I used to be afraid of the work, now, I embrace it. It may be difficult while working, taking care of my family, and taking care of my household, but I think in the end it will be worth it.

In conclusion, change is good. Don't look at changing just once a year; you should be changing all the time. If you brake your resolutions, simply start over. Life happens. We shouldn't see starting over as a negative but as a way to continually grow and reach our full potential. Sometimes a fruit tree needs to be pruned to the bare minimum to bare the most fruit.