Y'ALL! We have 2 ½ days left of this month/year/DECADE. (in America) That's insane!
So, are you ready?
I'm not a New Years Resolution girl, because honestly, the only thing that changes between December 31st and January 1st is the calendar. Nothing else.
Nothing about your life is going to change between 2019 and 2020 unless you want it to. Simply saying that you're going to do x, y or z to better yourself in 2020, doesn't mean that is going to happen. You have to change your mindset, your habits and put steps into place to keep yourself from falling back into old habits.
I don't mean to be a debbie downer, but, if you are going to set resolutions are you even ready for your resolutions? Are you ready to set new goals? Did you even accomplish your goals from this last year?
I remember last year at the beginning of 2019 my resolution was to lose weight. Setting that resolution was something I did because I was feeling insecure about how I looked and that was it. I didn't have a plan or a positive attitude and guess what, I didn't lose the weight. In early December I decided that if I wanted to make a change this year I had to start now with not only my mindset, but actually putting a plan in place. Rather than waiting for January 1st to roll around, I decided to start right then. It allowed me to start to gain some will power, it allowed me to get in a good head space about WHY I was setting a specific goal, and it allowed me to actually put a plan in place. Rather than simply stating that I was going to do something, I gave myself a plan of how I was going to do it and when I wanted to accomplish my goal by.
With all of that being said, I'm not against setting resolutions, but I want you to be ready to actually pursue your goals wholeheartedly.
Mind. Body. Soul.
If you know that there are some things you want to accomplish in the next year, start thinking about the How/Why/Intentions behind them now.
*»* What would it mean to you and for you if you accomplished that goal?
*»* Why is this goal important?
*»* Why are you wanting to prioritize it?
*»* Where does this goal fall on your priority list?
*»* How is this going to change your life?
*»* How often do you need to allocate time to this goal?
*»* How much of your money/resources do you need to allocate towards this goal?
*»* What will you be sacrificing to make this goal worth it?
*»* Is that a possibility at this time?
*»* If not, what could you do to chip away at that sacrifice to make it happen?
When Dustin and I sat down to discuss our 2020 goals, we separated them by importance, sacrifice, time, probability and size. Using those filters we were able to identify which goals we could realistically accomplish and which goals were going to be the most important to accomplish for our overall health and happiness.
That's the thing about stepping into a new year, it's new. You have a new opportunity, if you really need to look at it that way, to do something new. You have the opportunity to change how you view yourself and how you view your life. But let me let you in on a little secret, you have the opportunity to change every single minute of every single day. There is absolutely no reason that you have to wait until January 1st to change. There is not a giant reset button that is clicked at 11:59 on December 31st.
So what do you need to do to get in the right head space?
1. You need to dream a little. You need to look outside of the box that you're in and ask yourself where you really want to be. Are you on the path to success (however you define that)? Or do you need to reroute and choose a new path that will make you happier?
2. You need to identify where you're at mentally. Do you believe that you can have more? Do you see the bigger picture? Do you walk into a room and see potential? If you're answering no to any of these questions you need to work on your mindset. Because guess what? You are capable of having more. You should be able to know that there is a bigger picture and sometimes messy action now has the potential to get amazing results.
Do you want to blog more on Coil? Figure out your why, identify your obstacles, decide on a plan to execute the goal and start now.
Do you want to lose weight? Figure out your why, identify your obstacles, decide on a plan and start now.
Do you want to finally start performing?
Do you want to finally publish that book?
Do yo want to finally code that game?
Identify your obstacles.
Decide on a plan.
Start now.
This isn't hard people, it just takes being intentional and truly understanding why you want to do what you're setting out to do. Then it takes being intentional about the how.
I challenge you to make these last few days of 2019 and 2020 memorable and intentional.
The reality is, crap is going to get bad at some point this year. But when you are intentional about where you want to go and the actions behind that, you will always have something to fall back on.
So let me ask you again, are you ready for 2020?
xoxo – Ry
Merry Christmas! (A 🎁 for you!)
