Work Shoes

So it's the time of the year that we begin to get very reflective. We start to think about where we are and where we want to be. And in those thoughts, regret seeps in. You think back to all the promises you made to yourself at the beginning for the year. All the things that you claimed you would do this year, all the things you said you would do new, better, differently or greater this year! And 8 days before the passing of another year, you still have not reached the goal. Still haven't lost those 20lbs. Still haven't committed to that 3-4 day a week workout schedule, still haven't put away X amount of dollars into savings this year. Still haven't read the bible from cover to cover. You still have not done ANY of those things that you vowed, with full energy and commitment to accomplish in 2010! WHY?

What is it about a new year that turns us into liars? What is it in the wonder of a new year that gives you such hope that you will be different? I find my own problem lies in the fact that although the year is new, I still take the same old me into that new year with me. The same procrastinator, the same doubter, the same pessimist. However, for a few short months, weeks, days, hours or minutes that my optimism lasts I am fully committed and I really want to be different and change.

So now, with 2011 around the corner, how do I change the person that goes into the new year so that I can change the behavior? Sounds like it's time to put on my work boots. You know the ones that you wear only when you have to go out in bad weather, work in the yard, clean the basement- the ones that you would not be caught dead in under normal circumstances. Think of them as equipment, necessary to get the job done. And because being seen in these old things goes against all the laws of good taste and fashion, the objective it to get them off your feet ASAP.

STEP 1- BE HONEST

Now that you have on your work boots, let get to work. Before you set out to do the usual, write down goals or a to do list for the new year be honest with yourself. What can you really do? What will you really do? What do you really want to do?

Think about it!

More steps to come....