So it's that time of the year again when we start anew and start working on our goals to set our resolutions into place. A few years ago I made a resolution not to make anymore resolutions and work on the aspects of my life that need addressing.
The way I see it, a new year doesn't necessarily make for a new start...we have that option every day. When you wake up it's a new day and you can start with a clean slate and be "the person you want to be" EVERYDAY. I don't have to start a diet on January 1st, I can start it on Friday February 11th if I wake up that day and feel that is what I should do. When I quit smoking it was Sunday July 3rd...and you know what? I never went back because that was the day I was ready to quit, so I did. I personally feel that starting a new year making a promise that you aren't ready to keep is setting yourself up for failure.
So with all of that said, set goals for yourself, but do it when you KNOW you are ready. Don't do it because it's January 1st and you feel you have to to keep your "resolution". People don't change over night and habits learned over a life time cannot be changed that way either. It's 2011, what are your goals for the YEAR?
On another note, 10 years ago today I walked down the beach in Jamaica and stood before strangers and a Reverend and married Ryan...hopy crap, what was I thinking! The man asked, " Well do ya Mon?" and "yeah Mon"...it was a day I don't think I will ever forget.
If I have learned anything in those ten years it's that you can work through almost anything with a little perseverance.
Happy New Year and Monday!!!
XXXOOO
