It’s Almost the New Year, Let's Get Uncomfortable!

And all of the sudden we are saying good bye to 2010 and will be welcoming in 2011! Hard to believe it’s that time already as it seems like yesterday we were all worried about Y2K and that computers would be crashing everywhere and make life miserable for everyone. But as we all know, nothing happened and life went on as normal. I think that is true for many of us when making New Year’s resolutions. There is something about a having a brand new year ahead of us, a clean slate that makes us all want to make changes to ourselves and move ahead in a positive way. However, we are human and like the anticipation of Y2K, we take more time for these ideas to form than we do to put things into action. For instance, say you want to lose weight for the upcoming year. It’s a great resolution to have and a lot of people have much success with it. But if you are like me and many others I know, that momentum can take a turn and slow way down and before you know it, that resolution is forgotten and life returns to the old habits and the things that we are most comfortable with.

And that is just my point; we choose to be comfortable, because it's easy. It’s familiar and we know what to expect. This is so true for many areas of our life. Maybe we continue to have the same arguments with those we love, eat foods that are bad for us, stay in a job we don’t like, all because it’s what we know. The unexpected is a scary place, but can also be a place to consider in 2011! I challenge everyone to look at what is ‘comfortable, yet not working for you’ and think about making a change or two. Maybe it is your job that you are unhappy with. I realize that with the way the world is right now, leaving your job is a BIG leap, but what about taking a baby step, looking at the resume and fine tuning it, start talking to others about possible openings, peruse the want ads just to see what else might be out there? No harm in just looking and it can get your mind working to where you might want to be in the next year.

Need help with breaking your goals into baby steps? Give me a call, I would love to help you reach those goals you have for yourself in 2011 and work on not letting up on them come about January 15!( Because I know that’s when about my resolutions seem to lose steam!)  

I wish everyone an AMAZING 2011!