New Year, of intentions

Tomorrow is the first day of 2011. Wow, that shocks me!
What happened to 2010?  Even more so, how did we get from 1970 to 2011 so quickly?

As we grow older we sometimes begin to feel we have wasted our lives and may think:
If I were only 20 years old again, I would do so many things differently. I'd be rich by now. I'd be wiser.  I'd be stronger. I'd be healthier. I'd be happier. I would have honored the important things in life sooner.

Impossible I say. We couldn't possibly have known everything we know back then.. It took all these years to learn the values, concepts and revelations we have now.

What we can do is decide RIGHT NOW  to live our lives without compromise of our beliefs and values.  That we will live our lives to the fullest and on OUR terms. That we will be ourselves and stop playing it safe.

Many of us begin reflecting today on what we intend to do for the New Year.
Some common goals may be:
lose weight
be more productive
learn to draw
be a better mateget a new job
be a better listener

eliminate clutter


These are good goals for us to have.

I encourage you however to make New Year's goals without reservation.
Make your list and GO CRAZY. Anything is possible if you believe it can be.

Some say the sky is the limit.                                

I say THERE IS NO LIMIT!

Only our own limited thinking can stop us.


What about goals like:

Write that book that's been in your head for years. (even though you've never written before).
Train for that marathon you've always wanted to run (even though you think you're too old and out of shape).
Run for office (even though you think no one knows who you are).
Start that business (even though everyone tells you how bad the economy is).
Change your career (even though you've been in your current one for 20 years and it feels comfortably boring).
Move to another country (even though the thought terrifies you).
Have a baby (even though you hear how bad the economy is and you fear not being able to provide)

Do what you dream of doing no matter how CRAZY it sounds to you (and to others).


GO FOR YOUR WILDEST DREAMS!

In order to do that however, you have to know what your wildest dreams are.
I suggest you take some quiet time and ask yourself:
If I were to go for my wildest dreams, what would I do? Where would I be? Who would I be with?
What would my life look like?
Then write all the answers that come to you.
From those responses you can create your list of goals form the New Year.

I hope you'll join me in making 2011 the most exciting and prosperous year yet.

Happy New Year and I wish you much prosperity and success in 2011.

Mari Mitchell Porter
Certified Life Coach
http://preparingapathtolove.com/

As we head towards Christmas and the New Year we feel pressured to do more than we really want to: more shopping, more baking, more decorating, more gatherings, more stress.

Remember to follow your heart. Don't ruin the holiday season for yourself by getting caught up in so many activities or social events that you can't wait for the holiday to be over. It's okay to decline invitations cordially and spend your time they way it best for you. Less is more is a good rule to follow for yourself.

BE KIND TO YOURSELF and set aside time for just YOU. You could read your favorite book, sit by your beautiful tree and take time to really enjoy it, take a walk and see all the Christmas lights and decorations, go the the mall and just enjoy the sites and the excitement in the air without having to do any shopping, have a hot chocolate and game night with your family, take a gift of baked goods to your neighbors.

SLOW DOWN and enjoy each day, each minute of this wonderful season.

Most of all take time to enjoy each person in your life for they are the REAL GIFTS of the season.

Mari Mitchell-Porter

Certified Life Coach
http://preparingapathtolove.com/ell

 

 

Be who you are meant to be.

Don't let other people's opinions of what you "Should" be doing determine what you do. If you go against your own instincts and try to be successful in a career you don't absolutely love, just to please everyone else, you will lose your joy and aliveness. Pay close attention to that quiet inner voice and it will get louder. In order to do this it's important to take quiet time every day to read your favorite materials or just sit and listen. 

From the moment we come into this world we are being molded into what other people think we should be. Parents, teachers, counselors, baby sitters all give us their advise about career choices or options. Sometimes they convince us to choose the career they wanted for themselves but for some reason didn't achieve.

Each one of us is gifted in a special way. We are on this earth for a purpose no one else in the world can fulfill. We are all special, important and significant. 

If you are feeling restless or unfulfilled in your career or job situation, search deep inside for the things you love to do and do them. You might just find what your life's work it. 

How will you know?

Your heart will sing when you're doing it.