It’s a new year and we are blessed with a new canvas stretched out before us. Our mission is simply to fill it with colour and animation, as simple as that!
But it is this simplicity that gives us the greatest challenges. How many resolutions have you, broken all before the year has really gotten started, how many plans have been aborted through too many challenges and obstacles?
What would you need to do to make this year your best year yet? What is that essential ingredient that will guarantee on 31 December you are raising a glass of champagne instead of a tasteless glass of wine?
Good questions and there is plenty written about the solution to them all but I was particularly inspired by Chris Brogan’s post ‘My 3 Words for 2012′ in which he suggests that instead of new year resolutions to dig deeper and come up with the 3 year ahead.
I love the way he puts it. Chris says: ‘Resolutions are often too vague, or too directed towards one goal. It might be “quit smoking” or “lose 20 pounds” or “get hired.” These are all fine aspirations, but I challenge you to dig deeper, to find three words that could be used as lighthouses to guide you through stormy seas, that can be used as flags on the battlefield of your challenges, words that will bolster you and give you a direction that goes beyond the goals you might attach as a result of these words.’
Added to this I’d like to suggest that you also have a power word. A word that becomes the description of our state of mind and one that informs everything we do.
And then there is a post by Jacqueline at fit erella (thanks Chris for pointing this out) who has given me a wonderful way to incorporate my words in my daily living. Her approach to the New Year resolution thing is 12 in 12 which is to “pick one thing to do consistently every day for a month. It can be something new you want to try, something you want to get better at or something you want to see if you can live without.
Commit to doing this thing every day for that month no matter what, even when you don’t want to, even when it hurts, even when it sucks. The practice is the reward. Once the month is up, you’ll start your next thing. You may or may not want to continue the previous month’s practice longer if it’s working for you, however, you still need to introduce something new for the new month.”
My 3 words for 2012
TEMPLE My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and I will treat it as such. I will incorporate a healthy dose of food, exercise, sleep and pampering into my daily life. I will recognize and celebrate my high value and self-worth knowing that by incorporating this approach into my daily life I will continue to reveal my more authentic self and achieve greater success in 2012.
BELIEVE I will live each day in the belief that I have everything I need to be successful and to achieve. I will approach each situation and circumstance knowing that irrespective of the challenges or obstacles I face I will succeed. I will live each moment knowing that I am loveable and I am loved. I will remember to put God first knowing that He is in control and in my corner.
ASK Everything I need and everyone I need to connect to is available to me all I need to do is ask.
My power word
LOVE which to me means I will meet each day with excitement and everyone where they are at and not where I would like them to be. I will not allow the past to control me, I will instead be open to opportunities and possibilities and I will show love to everyone I meet.
What will the 3 words that define you and/or your challenges and goals for 2012 be?
What is your power word?
And in the words of Chris Broagan don’t forget to check out Jacqueline’s 12 in 12 idea as a model for mapping your three words to actionable efforts every month. I think it’ll make a WORLD of difference!
Share your 3 words in the comments box below.
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