I’m not one of those people that marks the New Year as a time to look back and analyze past failures, and then fill my head with optimism that the next calendar year is going to be better. Often times these “resolutions” never get accomplished and I’m forced to realize yet another failure. I’m not putting myself through that this go around. Instead I’m going to set some goals and make them realistic.
As the new year approaches, everyone and their brother starts to make New Years resolutions. I’ve never been one of those that needs to wait until the next year to start on a new goal. If I have a goal in mind, I start on it right away. This year is no different, since I’ve been fully committed to losing the extra pounds I put on over the past year, I’m setting a goal for my birthday in April. I want to be 190 pounds, which would be a total weight lose of 43 lbs.
It’s amazing what a difference a year can make. This time last year I was absolutely dreading the holidays. This year I was thoroughly looking forward to them. Getting rid of negativity and surrounding ones self with positive and healthy relationships is a great way to look at your life and realize that you can make positive changes in the smallest of ways that will have gigantic outcomes.
How did I do it you may ask? Here are some of the changes I made that allowed me to smile and bring myself joy and not depend on the mood of others to make myself happy.
The above image is of my desktop. Michael Jordan once said:
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
