Here we are another year later. We are optimistic and enthusiastic about all the goals we have created. However, deep down there is a small pit of doubt in our stomach. We find ourselves asking, “Am I really going to do it this year? Am I really going to accomplish all these goals or am I going to give up on them in 3 months?” I don’t know about you, but this has definitely been the case for most of my life for New Years Resolutions. Don’t believe me? Just check out my Bikini Body Challenge I posted on my blog in 2009. When it comes to making changes, the ones I have kept were never because of New Years, but they were decisions I made just because I wanted to do it. There was no expectation that I HAD to do anything. Somehow, New Years can bring a sense of overwhelm that we MUST do something. We generate these amazing goals with a big gusto and before we know it that goal has somehow vaporized into thin air! Well, I don’t know about you, but I am done with that cycle. After all, the definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over expecting different results. This year I have opted to do something else.
What am I doing different?
I have gone simple. I took time to gain clarity on my intention. Then I created daily FEEL GOOD habits. You know, the ones that make you feel good when you do them. It is my goal to create daily disciplines that feel attainable. They require effort, but they don’t burn me out.
My Intention
This is not just about this year, but it’s about how I want to feel and experience life today and everyday…. for 2011 & for LIFE. That intention is to FEEL GOOD & BE HAPPY. That’s it! I want to enjoy & celebrate life, to feel in love with myself & my life, and pay it forward. My intention is on creating and living a lifestyle I want to live now. To start practicing becoming the person I want to be & do the activities I love. I want to live as if I died today that I would be satisfied with the way I conducted myself in my life. If I knew my time on Earth was limited (which we all know it is) I would choose happiness no matter what. I would KNOW I can do anything. I would see my beauty, focus on progress & not perfection, open up & be vulnerable. I would drop fears and just do it! I would allow that creative expression to flow through me and into my life. I would feel a deep connection to my spirit and operate on high vibrations.
My Daily FEEL GOOD Habits(aka NEW DAY RESOLUTIONS)
I recently watched a video from Brian & Alexandra Jaye Johnson and I heard him refer to daily disciplines as daily Blissaplines. I fell in love with it immediately because it shifted the feeling of strictness into blissness. My goal for today and everyday is to be consistent with the following feel good habits:
Rise w/ the sun – don’t let the sun catch me in bed 🙂
When you are focused on just on doing things that feel good then you just let the outcomes take care of themselves. Perhaps, life will show you results that you may never have imagined. Living this way automatically reduces stress and brings a sense of peace and balance. You will feel yourself taking daily steps that close the gap from where you am to where you want to be. A new day resolution doesn’t give you time to put things off. Procrastination ends and living now begins.
Where Things Go Wrong
We forget our intention, We disconnect from spirit by getting so mentally cluttered that we forget what is most important. The best way I am finding to stay connected to my intention is to take time daily to collaborate with God. You know, contemplate (it’s on my list of daily feel good habits), be silent and give the mind time to detox from incessant thoughts that distract us from what we really want. We all need reminders and this one seems to do the trick! You realize that there is nothing you HAVE to do. These are all things you GET to do.
What You Don’t Want
If you are anything like me you don’t want to put off life. You are done with overwhelming and defeating yourself before you even get started. You are done with frustration and stress. There is no way you can keep going and living with regret. So cheers to turning your life around, one day, one habit at a time. Let life flow through you and enjoy the ride!
Now that I have shared a little bit about my new day resolutions, I’d love to hear yours!
With New Years around the corner I thought I’d nail myself down to a few commitments before I enter the year. I have found that being wishy washy only stresses me out emotionally and I never get the things I wanted to accomplish done. Here are the commitments so I don’t play these head games like, ” Am I gonna workout today?” , “Am I going to eat all raw today?”, etc… Once I make up my mind, the rest is easy. It’s the head games of indecision that haunt me.
Before I make any commitments I should know what the desired end results are. Here are the biggies:
Major Life Categories 1. Health: Bikini Body (purification, raw food, yoga, dance, surf, snowboard) 2. Relationships: Manifest a Man 3. Career/Purpose: Create value & build a successful online presence 4. Finances: Eliminate all debt & generate multiple streams of passive income 5. Living Environment: Expand my gardening/edible landscape 6. Fun & Recreation: see bucket list (see earlier blog) 7. Personal Growth: live honestly, honorably, and immaculately
I will make an effort in each of the above “life categories” each week.
As for the daily basics, the following are the little things I want to have as solid habits.
Daily 10 Commitments 1. water 2. greens 3. exercise 4. get in the sun 4. gratitude journal & visualization 5. do something fun & that makes me laugh or feel really good 6. hug & kiss my kids, smile more & make eye contact when out & about 7. post a blog, video, photo 8. keep immaculate financial records 9. floss & skin brush 10. make my bed & deep clean something
If you are running through life feeling overwhelmed and not really making the impact you know you want, or wishing you felt alive and filled with passion then you are going to LOVE me!
