Wishing you all a very fulfilled, happy and continuously blessed 2019!
While it is a new day, and a new year, our growth continues and also with tremendous opportunity! Many may look back on previous trials and errors and perhaps wish to see how they can make the next better. With this, the common saying follows, “My new years resolution”.. and maybe the thought to collaborate with others in support of their ideas will be on the agenda as well. Some may even turn to social media for the latest fads and trends or just a fun way of joining in. Lets just go ahead and step back and retract the first part of this sentence. Replacing it with a realistic and positive affirmation. A practice you can master daily rather than drift from the famous one time saying. When you are speaking for your everyday in future tense, you are not able to bring full truth into it. Speak to your day as it comes fresh. Greet it with your plans as you wake and set yourself up positively for your entire day. Making a list and the moves (and leaving room to wiggle) that you can steadily work with rather than against it.
We are not here to set ourselves for disappointment or premature feelings of failure. Instead we set our needs and wants on the top of our list with our plans that follow in receiving them. This is the start of being able to cross off each success as you progress. There is no time limit, expiration, nor restriction to doing so. Each milestone is crossed in due time. This is you being a master leader of your life. There is not entirely a way to promise when you will get there. As we all know, there are many contributing factors that will either make us early, late, or if we are ever so lucky, to make our schedules on time. Remain open while you receive all lessons and you will find yourself able to seek even their blessings.
Whatever your goal(s) may be, just remember that your climb is not a trend that will only fade after that trial period before going back to old failed habits. Keep your focus on your plans, the necessary steps needed for your climb, and the solutions in reaching your top. The simple keys you hold for longevity, success, and that fulfillment that you desire. It is always best practice to live by consistency as your lifestyle rather than treating only yourself with a quick pick- me- up and crash. There is no shortcut in making progress. You cannot do so without the growing pains. Therefore, there is no positive incline when you place yourself with the social pressure either. Don’t find yourself following the path of least resistance with resolutions. Your goals are much more broad to place your bets on another nor are ever successful if you leave your expectations to others. Eventually you will only find yourself giving up on the misery it has only brought you.
Resolutions tend to come with a negative stigma. Think about how many times you have made your resolution a reality, a final result, or gave yourself an excuse to make it for the next year. They are like crash diets. A shortcut to seeing a glimpse of a tiny portion of the full desired result. One never whole and everlasting. Hang the big picture (your goals) in a place where you will be reminded of the tasks needed to complete in order to have that reality in your hands. Each day bringing you more and more motivation, encouragement, and fulfillment. Your plans can only be kept when traveling at a consistent pace. Even though we may jump over higher hurdles at times or feel the shock of the carry of our weight, but this is how we find our groove and getting back to smooth landing. This is where persistence is shifted in synchrony with our goals consistent to match your solutions. Self assured confirmation that you are indeed working at your best and achieving something greater. Not just a one time achievement, but a solid foundation to your evolving future. Practice makes you better. Keep this on your daily planner!
Smile, because you are doing your best!
-Amanda Marie Wilkinson
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