learn how to do something new, like a dance, or some computer skill you could use, or
listen to music that gets you moving. I love J Lo’s new one, and the new Black Eyed Peas song.
get a new hairstyle, or
try a new make-up style, or
paint your nails a funky fun color, or
do some toning exercises so that if it ever does get warm and sunny – you’ll look great..
Anything that will give you a sense of accompishment will always brighten your spirits. Do something you’ve been putting off and you’ll feel great when you finally get it done!
Make sure you are getting your nutrients will help beat depression too. Make yourself do it – its worth it. You’re worth it!
Have any other suggestions? Share them in the comments!
So, how has the first week of the year gone for you?
Are you excited, or drained?
Are you done with your New Year Diet yet?
Are you supercharged about your goals, or has life numbed you back down again?
It’s hard maintaining enthusiasm when you aren’t getting results yet, isn’t it? That’s why its so important to always keep the vision of the life you want alive in your mind – and take some sort of action every day that will move you towards your goal.
If you want to lose weight, start with eating a salad every day and replacing one of your pops with water, or green tea, or juice. Take small steps. Its better than no steps.
Do you want a better career? According to the late Earl Nightengale, if you read something related to your field for an hour a day, in 5 years you will be an expert in your field.
There was a video that I wanted to share with you, but I lost it. I’ll try to explain what she did, and I hope I can do it justice…
The video was about rewiring your brain for success. She was talking about using affirmations, but what she did was really different. In her example, she said something like, “you are awesome.” Before you could have another thought she repeated, “you are awesome.” And she did it over and over again. It was really weird because you just couldn’t have another thought. She just kept hammering you with it.
So, the exercise is that you state your positive affirmation in the present tense -
I am thin, or I feel great, or I make $500 a day, or whatever your goal is. You repeat it over and over, not allowing another thought to bubble up for 5 minutes a day. They say the best times to do these kinds of exercises are when you get up, and/or right before you go to sleep. I find in the car works for me.
She says it take 90 days to see results. That’s a long time, isn’t it? Most of the self improvement gurus say 30 days. But it really has such a weird effect on you that I’m trying to keep up with it. At a minimum, it keeps me motivated to actually take action – so in some respect it will work, right?
Let me know if you try it and how it makes you feel.
I just can’t shake the feeling that this is going to be a great year!
You know – I’ve heard this song a lot and never really listened to it. It’s coming on the radio again now. But then someone turned me on to the video -
I’m not ready to stop playing Christmas yet. Are you?
I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas, and that you are looking forward to the New Year.
I’m feeling more optomistic than I have in a long time. I don’t have an explanation for that other than I’ve been working hard to learn many new things. We all have to reach a tipping point at some point, right?
I’m spending the next few days with my daughter. We’ll be hanging out, baking cookies, eating, and I’m sure there will be some shopping involved.
And I’m taking a look at what I want to accomplish in January. Not the whole year, but just January. It’s so much easier to stay focused on a smaller project.
How about you? Do you have big goals for the new year? How about setting realistic goals for just next month? I’m willing to bet you’ll accomplish things much more quickly when you take a series of little steps instead of trying to tackle one big mountain.
I hope you enjoy the rest of the holiday season. Now that most of the bustle is over, I hope you’ll find some peace and tranquility as we head to the new year.
My daughter and I were looking at million dollar homes on-line the other night. She had found a house she really liked and wanted me to see it. This house was only $499,000. We went through all the rooms in the picture tour and talked about what she liked about each room, and what she would change.
So then we went to look at some of the million dollar homes. We honestly didn’t find anything either one of us liked in the upper priced homes. I found that interesting.
I told her to print out the pictures and put them on her dream board.
Now as a parent, you would probably be tempted to say things like -
“Well you better get a really good job to afford something like that.” or
“You’ll never be able to afford something like that.” or
“Why do you want something like that? You don’t need…”
Parents have a really bad habit of being dream killers.
She knows darned well that she has to have a really good job to afford something like that. And that is her intention. I didn’t need to point that out.
They say that a big part of reaching your goals is to be able to visualize having it.
We enjoyed the experience of virtually walking through the rooms and discussing what she like and what she would change. Other than the furnishings, there wasn’t much about this house that she would change. We both agreed that the island in the kitchen was ugly and needed to be changed. But the rest of the house seemed to really suit her. I have to say, she has pretty good taste.
Yes, she’s only 18 and just starting college. But this experience gave her a clear vision of the house she would like to have. It is stored in her sub-conscious mind.
I’m really proud of the fact that not only did I not make one negative comment about why she may not be able to attain it, I didn’t even think it. We just enjoyed the experience.
I think we all need to do some no holds barred dreaming once in a while.
Do you have a dream board, (or a vision board)? I have sort of a dream pile. The pictures are not on a board, but I have them. It gives me the strength to go on.
And if the Law of Attraction really exists, she’s well on her way to having that house.
Do some dreaming this weekend without a single thought about why you can’t have it. It’s fun. And who knows – you really might get it.
I’m not ready to stop playing Christmas yet. Are you?
