Are you beginning 2013 with a New Year’s Resolution?

Tradition calls us to choose “something” and then “stick” to resolving to make good on our promise for the New Year.

We often choose something so difficult that our likelihood of follow through is nonexistent.  Either we lack the will power or we have such little interest in making a change in our life that we end up tossing our resolution aside without regard for accomplishment or consequence.

What do you resolve to do in 2013?

Is it a personal or mental achievement?

Is it a physical goal?

Do you have a goal for a Family Relationship or Personal Friendship?

RESOLVE:

To come to a determination; make up one’s mind; determine (often followed by on or upon): to resolve on a plan of action.

Whatever your resolution might be, make certain that it is a resolution for YOU.  Choose something that will be beneficial To You and For You.

In my opinion, a true resolution should not be about “Keeping up with the Joneses” – it should be about bettering yourself and doing something to improve your life’s journey.

Think of something that YOU want.

Be true to your own heart and choose something that will make YOU happy – First and Foremost.

Dig deep. Search your soul and be certain that whatever you choose is for your own well being.

Think about the sacrifice that you may have to make of yourself in order to make your New Year’s Resolution a reality.

Again, be true to yourself.

Trust me: Next year, I’m not going to remember what your New Year’s Resolution was… Honestly, by February, I may barely remember my own resolution.

Often, we think that by spouting these grand resolutions, we will impress others and make ourselves look good…

That is a simple mistake to make. We live in a society where judging ourselves by the accomplishments of others is the norm.

What we fail to realize is that by simply observing others, we have no idea what struggles they may be experiencing or exactly what their life is truly like.

How many times have we found ourselves in a struggle to please someone only to find that we are making our own selves miserable and unhappy?

What comes easy for me – may not be so easy for you.

Example: It would be silly for us to choose the same weight loss goal as our New Year’s Resolution – Especially, knowing that our body types are completely different.  Besides that, there is always a “little something extra” that we may not know about.

Approval from others is only natural. We want to be liked and we want to be loved, but should we allow a compromise of our own well being overshadow the love that we have for ourselves?

Sometimes it’s okay to be a little Selfish!

No one ever said that we shouldn’t enjoy our lives by doing what makes us happy.  So, “do” you!  That way, each step we take toward a new resolution will give us joy.

We will find true happiness in knowing that we’ve done it all for ourselves.

What a wonderful feeling!

Be Yourself.  Love Yourself.   Live for Yourself.

Have a Happy New Year!