WHAT'S YOUR PLAN TO BEGIN 2010?

IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR
DON'T JUST MAKE NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
COME UP WITH A NEW VISION FOR THE NEW YEAR

BE HONEST… have you given 2010 any thought yet, beyond your normal work and daily responsibilities?

Asking it another way, have you thought of the way you will begin 2010?

Here are some suggestions:

List 5 lessons you learned about yourself and about your life in 2009? Look back at the good things, the bad things and the momentous events that happened in 2009 that made an impact in your life.

What do you want to leave behind in 2009? This is the bad stuff that you are going to place in the bin of 2009 memories that you don’t want brought forward into 2010. List at least 3 items or lessons.

What do you want to bring forward from 2009 to begin 2010? This is the good stuff that you want to keep or maintain as part of a new commitment to yourself in 2010. List at least 3 items or lessons.

On New Year’s Eve print out your list of what you want to leave behind in 2009, look at it, maybe read it aloud to others (or maybe keep it to yourself) and find a meaningful way to dispose of your list. This could be offering into a fire, ripping it up into shreds, flushing it down the toilet. Whatever feels right to you.

The key is to be aware of what you are leaving behind in 2009.

Sometime in early January, after recovering from your New Year’s celebration, print out your list of those lessons you want to carry forward to begin 2010.

Place this list somewhere you can always refer back to it.

And for extra credit, take this list of positive lessons and characteristics to begin 2010 and think about what you want to accomplish in 2010, like a plan of what you really, really, really want to happen in 2010, and how you will be different in 2010 in accomplishing this plan.

These are all suggestive ways to get focused and clear so you can avoid obstacles from the past, and see your way clear into the future you REALLY, REALLY, REALLY want in 2010.

Have fun and Happy New Year!!!