A new year. A fresh start. Optimism at the possibilities. Fear of knowing the self-sabotage of the past. As we check-in with ourselves and notice changes we want to make, it’s helpful to be clear of what’s in your control. How much
Planning
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If you don’t want to do any annual planning – it’s ok. You don’t have to go by an arbitrary calendar and what “everyone else” is doing. You don’t have to have a Word of the Year or your Desire Map
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Too often when we plan the new year we are focusing on what we want, what we need, what we want more of. But, most of us could use some letting go. What are you willing to let go of this year? trying to keep control judging yourself and others
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A friend was saying how she cannot seem to plan anymore since her Dad passed away. I remember having the same feeling when my son was killed. I struggled with, “What’s the point, obviously life will just do what it wants.” I
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This month is my birthday, so every October I get the urge to evaluate my life. See what is working. Decide if I am living how I want to live. Here are some questions to help you with your own evaluation: Where do I see myself in the next year?
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How many times during a day do you say, “Not again, this always happens.”? You can’t find your keys, you are late for work, the water overflowed, or you are out of toothpaste. If a problem continuously happens, it’s
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Often people get excited by certain goals. Especially at the beginning of the year or the month. But, by the end of the year or the end of the month, nothing happened. Or it did briefly but you quit in discouragement. That’s because goals