Starting a New Chapter

The beginning of a new year is a chance to begin something new.  The chance to start fresh, write a new chapter in your story, have a different view.  It's not that anything has physically changed except the page of a calendar yet many look at it as a jumping off point for a new beginning.  I, too, am one of those who sees the new year as a fresh start.  So, here goes.

I am not going to write New Year's Resolutions so much as give myself thoughts to hold onto through out the year to better myself and my situation, to become more of who I feel I am supposed to be and do more of what I fell I should be doing at this point in my story.  These are not going to be things I share with others, they are not for display.  These will be things I hold deep inside until time to release them to the universe.

Resolutions seem to be just things people say and try to do for a short time until it becomes too tiring or boring or they just give up and go back to the same old thing only to try again the following year.  I have fallen into that same group who fails within a month or so and looks back feeling defeated.  Why do we do this to ourselves?  It is almost like setting ourselves up for failure.

Instead this year I have written things I wish to do that are not just the same old thing.  Instead these are more attainable, more personally connected to where I want to go so hopefully this year will be different.  Nine things that I hope to keep inside to give myself daily reminders of what I want and where I want to be, moving steadily toward who I want to become.

The time is now to start something new, to work towards a new and better me, to focus on what I want instead of worrying about what I can't fix, what others think, and do only what is good for me and pointing myself towards the goals I have set for myself.  Today is the day of new beginnings.  Today is day 1.