The Soon To Be New & Improved You

By David Stoddard

www.biz-e-life.com

A couple of days ago, Larry wrote about those dreaded New Years resolutions and the frustrations most of us feel when we don’t quite live up to what it is we resolved to do (or not do). Sure, we were all gung ho the night before the new year began. And after we woke up on the 1st day of the year, we were still feeling positive, energetic and ready to see our new way of life into the future.

To view Larry’s post, click here.

But come a few days into the year, we may have fallen back into our own ways. We get frustrated at ourselves for not being this new person. And like the fans of the Chicago Cubs, we may think to ourselves, well, there is always next year.

Personally, I can not tell you how many times I have resolved to cut down on the drinking of diet soda. I will begin drinking more water instead of the flavored caramel colored water and other additives. But over time, I manage to feel soda has more flavor to it, so I will choose to have that more and more.

What I’ve come to understand it that saying point blank that you are going to begin doing something (or stop doing something) and sticking with it is tough to do. It isn’t necessarily something you can just say you are going to do or stop doing and make it last a lifetime.

It can happen, that’s true. But more often than not, it takes time, effort, discipline and a desire to want to make this change you are resolving to make.

So if this year, you have found yourself back in your old ways (pre New Year’s resolution), take a moment and get back to the reasoning behind your wanting to change what you are wishing to change.

* What are you wanting to change?

* Why do you wish to make this change?

* Is this change for yourself or for others?

* What are your feelings right now?

* What do you think you will feel during the change process?

* How will you feel once this change becomes the “new you?”

Go ahead and write down the answers to these questions. Print them out if you wish and put them somewhere you will see them. If this change is important to you (and perhaps someone you care about), then seeing the reasons behind this want/need to change can push you forward when you feel yourself slipping back. Next time, we’ll get to the more fun and funny aspects of doing what we do, changing what we change, becoming who we are meant to be, and we might even answer some viewer mail.