How to start a new year
Every year the clock hits midnight and we make promises to ourselves on how this year will be different and how much better we will be this year but those promises are as fragile as the keys that I used to type this. And after a couple of hours, we realize that the turning of the clock doesn’t magically change anything about or around us. Unless you have a fairy godmother. The only thing that changes is the last number at the end of the year or the animal if you into the Chinese Zodiac.
Often when we make resolutions, we have this long grocery list that if you had to read the items of you would think it was a list of ingredients that make up Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Looking at the whole of it is no wonder we give up, it is like looking at the finished cabinet and seeing the sum of its pieces on the floor. No idea of how you will get there even with the steps laid out just starting feels overwhelming like a Nolan plot.
One major thing I learned from last year was starting stupidly small so rather than aim at making the whole cabinet better to aim for one stupidly small thing to start with. Say a drawer or just placing the handles or go even further and make room for it. Way easier than making the cabinet in a day or month. Let it be so simple and easy that you could do it in 2 min and move on. The idea is rather than climb the mountain in a day you go up a step each day. Overtime, before you know it, you would not have made it to the top let’s be honest, but you would have gone way further than you would have if you steamed on.
Another way to make sure that you own up this year would be to bring the promises or resolutions to the light, no more dancing in the dark or singing in the shower. Scary? I know. However, you have to try because the world will see you fail. Most times, the only other people who see us give up a day or week into it are our best friends or family. To have strangers know, unheard of, crazy, in my opinion. Great drivers to keep you going.
Focus on doing the easiest part of it and before you know it you will get there. The key is doing just that one stupidly small thing part of the promise. As simple as getting the gym clothes out or being kind to one person or just reading one page a day. So for me is writing just one blog post a day for the next 30 days. Where it will take me I do not know but maybe it will make my writing better or not who knows right?
