The Emotion of a clean slate
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How do you tend to feel as you head into a new year? Are you excited to see what 2021 will bring, ready to roll up your sleeves and create a plan full of fun ideas and logical next steps in your life? Or are you like the many who approach it from a “fix things” perspective. Do you start with “I should” or do you start with “I will”?
Take a closer look at how you talk to yourself:
“I didn’t do enough to lose weight, get ahead, declutter, etc.”
“I have to complete X, Y, and Z before I can get to what I really want.”
We judge ourselves, our lives, our circumstances and try to push our way through life. And when we get brave enough to declare a goal that is meaningful, we often talk ourselves out of it. “I really want to ________, but I can’t.”
Here are some new ways of approaching this “clean slate”…
Questions to reflect on:
What went well in 2020? What did you learn, what did you enjoy, who inspired you, what motivates you?
What do you want?
If each area of your life was a 10, what would that look like? What would you be doing? Who would you be?
How do you want to connect with life and with others in your life?
Three steps to take to have a great year:
1. Pick a few areas of your life that you’d like to focus on in the next 3 months, paint a picture of what you want to create, and then embrace this clean slate with joy and an exploring and open heart. You can create a vision board, or make a list of outcomes you’d like to achieve and then break them down into separate baby steps – your new goals for 2021.
2. Focus on the habits that will support the goals that you’ve now decided are important to you.
3. Let the wise, knowing, confident part of you stay in charge of your thinking. When you meet an obstacle, know that you’ll figure it out and keep going. “I can do this!”
If you follow these three steps, all from a mindset of self-acceptance, exploration, creativity, and passion, you’ll have a great year. Act on this with consistency and if you need any help, I'm here to support you.