{"id":4225,"date":"2020-12-31T03:58:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T03:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happyhikersfitness.com\/?p=4225"},"modified":"2020-12-31T04:07:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T04:07:36","slug":"happy-new-year-drum-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyhikersfitness.com\/happy-new-year-drum-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"Drum Roll\u2026.."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Isn\u2019t it TIME for CHANGE?<\/strong><\/p> Well, I believe that it is finally that time of year\u2026 It is the new year! 2021 is here and I have decided that this is going to be a great year.\u00a0 No matter what is going I am plan on making the best of it!<\/p> The first thing I do every year either on the 30th<\/sup> or 31st<\/sup> just before the first of the year I pick a word for the year, a word that I can always refer back to, to remind me of my goals for the year!\u00a0 Oh, and to be honest this past year got so crazy for me that I forget what my word was, whoops.\u00a0 So, for the last couple days I have seriously been thinking about my word for the coming year 2021.\u00a0 I tried all I could to pick one, but I have decided that there is a first time for everything and so this year I have decided to pick 2 words\u2026 EMPOWERMENT and FOREGIVENESS.\u00a0 Both words to me are powerful for sure but to me they signal Growth and Movement.\u00a0 Growth for oneself, living my truths and becoming the me I want to be, none of which could happened without forgiveness, understanding and the love of oneself for that matter!<\/p> The second thing I do is I ALWAYS ask myself during the last few days of a year if \u201cit is time to make changes\u201d.\u00a0 I always giggle at myself because, if you know me then you know I am ALWAYS making changes, but am I always making changes that \u201cis for a better me or changes that are for a more enhanced me!\u00a0 I find the key word here is enhanced<\/u><\/em>!<\/p> Listen, reality is, every New Year people make \u201cNew Year\u2019s Resolutions\u201d.\u00a0 People say I am going to lose weight\u2026 I am going to be happier\u2026. I am going to make up with my kids\u2026 I am going to take a trip\u2026 I am going to learn a new trade\u2026 or I am going to get a new job\u2026. Sound familiar? Of course, it does we have all done this.<\/p> But here is the kicker\u2026. None of, us, including me, will ever get any of these \u201cResolutions\u201d done unless we actually confront why we have not been successful at this \u201cresolution concept\u201d before and then take the time to make a plan and put it into effect.\u00a0 Few people understand WHY these resolutions don\u2019t work. But the reason is simple: They are too\u00a0broad<\/em>, there is to long of a time line, there is no accountability and well, there are too many distractions.<\/p> New Year\u2019s resolutions fail because:<\/p> Failing at your resolutions has implications and those are bad bad bad. Failing means you start to not trust yourself.\u00a0 Think about that\u2026 If you have set the same resolutions for say the last 2 \u00a0years, and you never follow through, what makes you think it will be different this year?<\/p> And yet every year, you set a resolution prefacing it with, \u201cOk, this year I\u2019m going to buckle down\u201d or \u201cOK this year, I am going to get serious about ____ this time,\u201d you kind of know that you are not actually going to do it. Listen I have done this for years I am right there with you!\u2019<\/p> Having a goal isn\u2019t enough you need a plan and a system.<\/p> Here\u2019s an example\u2026<\/p> \u201cNew Year\u2019s Resolution #1\u201d – I am going to be happier <\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 I realize that I have let life \u201ctake over\u201d, I have allowed all the craziness of things I have no control over run my life and I have not taken any steps to really change things for the better.\u00a0 Not because I am a victim but because I have not decided to take the reins and instead have been playing catch up which gets me NO WHERE.\u00a0<\/p> Solutions:<\/p> \u201cForce yourself to smile and you\u2019ll soon stop frowning.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> A smile appears to have this strange, power.\u00a0 When you are smiling, it is very hard to be down or angry.\u00a0 Your mood usually changes immediately from yucky to I CAN DO THIS.\u00a0 Even when you find you have to force a smile, it does wonders\u2026\u00a0 Smiling changes, the outlook of your day and it can change someone else\u2019s too! I will keep a smile \u201cometer\u201d every day to keep this goal in check!<\/p> Ok so I think you got the point here.\u00a0 Resolutions are great, but they are better if you have a plan! It can change your world for a better you and can push you to the next level of greatness!\u00a0 Take a few moments, allow yourself to be honest with you, be willing to take a chance to enhance and try it\u2026 you might be surprised!<\/p>