HAPPY NEW YEAR

 

HAPPY 2018 everyone!!! Wish you all a very Happy New Year and hope that this will be great year for all of you and may all of your dreams come true.

Another year you'll. I am so excited to start the new year. I have been awake since midnight, thanks to being jet lagged and fireworks from neighbors. My kids have been up since 3:00am so excited for the new year. 2017 is behind us and I have to say that it was a great year with a lot of learning and growing. We had a great year and created so many new memories and I am certain that 2018 will even be better.

So this year I am not making any new year resolutions. I did have a chance this morning to reflect on the year behind and things that I would like to focus on this year. For me, this year is its going to be all about making subgoals and the word BIG. 

I am going to dare to dream big, pray big, big gratitude, big change, big faith, brave big, grow big, learn big, believe big, big good healthy habits, exercise big, hope big. Big is not just about more of something but getting better at everything that matters to me. It's doing all the things that matter to my inner world and growth. 

As a parent, I am also going to be doing everything better for my kids. They deserve the best so my focus this year will be to be the best I can be as their mom such as, listening big, big patience and big focus on their inner growth.

So I hope this year if you are making new year resolutions or some other goals for yourself, that they will all be fulfilled. The Huffington post had an article at the end of 2016 on new year resolutions that stated only 8% of people tend to keep their resolutions due to either setting to many or getting derailed due to failures. I personally never was able to keep my resolution every year of loosing 15 pounds so now I am just going to focus on creating healthy eating habits and not worry about the 15 pounds. 

I also find that sometimes when the goals are too many were and very specific it can be overwhelming. My 15 pounds in 3 months weight loss goal was just not achievable since I was so focused on the numbers and time frame rather on what is more important which is eating and choosing healthier foods and exercising. It's taking a more broader smaller goal and one that I know will not stress me out and easily achievable. 

For me what works is small changes. We all have a choice this new year to follow through with our goals and its sticking to that choice of making it happen. If you get derailed, which will likely happen, get back on track. There will be a voice inside your head that says, no I can't, its not worth it etc, but my challenge is not to listen to that voice and keep your focus. Keep on it. My big dare is to stick to my choices and stay on track this year. 

I hope that at the end of the year when I look back, I will be able to say that yes, it was hard but I did everything I wanted to do at the start of the year. So good luck to all of us this new year and best wishes. It is going to be an awesome year and I am really to start it. Are you? Wish you love.

Peace,

Monita