The Day After New Years Day
We spoke last week about Goal setting. I am going to focus this month on how to actually get those goals into action. Yesterday was New Years Day so a lot of us spent the time finishing the last of our party food, nursing our hangovers, and getting in the last of the holiday shenanigans. Today though, is just another ordinary day. Tomorrow too. If you made a resolution, need a habit change, or are generally hoping to level up: Shit just got real.
New years is a great time to think about where you are at and where you want to go, and of course its traditional to make resolutions for new habits at this time. Of course most people fail at their resolutions. The impact of a new year may make you want to turn a new page, but it won’t do it for you.
“The attraction of New Year is this: the year changes and in that change we believe that we can change with it. It is far more difficult however to change yourself than turn the calendar to a new page. .”
― R. Joseph Hoffmann
Difficult but not impossible, so I will be devoting several blog posts this week to keeping the plan on track.
IMMEDIATE ACTION
The first step is immediate action. Not planning. Not scheduling. Not purchasing stuff for it. ACTION. I have written about this before. Nothing can be more corrosive to getting a new plan in action than doing things that feel like something important but really aren’t.
Whatever it is, if you want to really tap the new years vibe, you have to start forging that pathway in your brain now. Nothing succeeds like success. Drag your butt to the gym, to the kitchen, to the office, to the accountant, to wherever you need. Do it now. Get a taste of actually doing it.
Going forward we are going to cover making time, managing rewards, and all sorts of stuff to keep you on track.
