HAPPY NEW YEAR

Here's the obligatory entry touting how I will be changing or doing different things this year.

While I do have some resolutions, the whole concept is too cliche to comment on at this time...

...until Holly Hoffman posted a tweet about creating a theme for the year rather than resolutions that don't last past January 31.

Read Holly's entire blog entry about themes v. resolutions here.

Here are the cliff notes:

Why you need a theme

Specific resolutions may not be the right answer. A theme sets the tone for your year, and gives you a banner to work under. In the end, what is your overall goal? Is it to be fit and healthy, to have good finances, to feel rested? Make it the Year of Finances, or the Year of Fitness, or the Year of Relaxation.

How to pick a theme

Ask yourself these questions:
- What is causing the most problems in my life?
- What is giving me the most chaos?
- What are the most inconvenient things happening?
- What seems to be happening over and over again even though I try not to?
- Where do I see a spike in negative emotion in my daily life?
- What would give me the most peace if I could find a solution for it?

If you’re having trouble picking between two (or three or four…), pick the one that’s solves the most problems.

What happens next…

The amazing thing about having a theme for your year is that it’s about changing your mindset toward a certain area of your life. You’ve decided to change some area of your life that you previously carried an attitude of indifference toward. Lots of things will change.

Of course your theme can fail. The number one reason resolutions fail is because people aren’t committed to them in the first place. If you aren’t committed to your theme, then you won’t move on it.

Move forward with a positive attitude. Remember this is the year you will change your [finances/health/career/love life/insert theme here]!

The great thing is that area of your life will be forever changed, not just temporarily shifted.

Again, read Holly's entire article here.

I will be going through the questions this weekend and coming up with my theme soon.

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