If you’ll indulge me a little I’m going to briefly jump on the ‘New Year Resolutions’ bandwagon.
Beginning of 2009 seems like a good time to look at those resolutions for the coming year! Just like most everyone else, though, I’m a past master at making and breaking resolutions.
This year I’m trying a new approach. My resolution is not about specific intentions or actions but about developing a habit.
Every day I’m going to choose one small thing to nurture myself in some way. And by small, I really do mean tiny.
Today, for example, I set a goal of drinking 6 glasses of water (5 down … 1 to go!). I haven’t decided for tomorrow yet, but it could be take a walk round the apartment block, reading a couple of pages of a spiritual text, meditating for 5 minutes or turning off the lights if I’m not using them.
My aim is to develop a greater awareness of what I’m doing to feed myself physically, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. I figure that by the end of the year I’ll be celebrating a minimum of 365 small, positive steps in my life.
Now that can’t be a bad thing!
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Ian:
Not a bad thing at all. In fact probably one of the best ideas. You certainly won’t get bored or want to give up because it is too hard! I am confident you will have 365 days of positive steps. Anything positive is not small.
What a great idea! I have decided to celebrate a New Day everyday, instead of trying to cram a whole year’s celebration into 24 hours. I love the idea of turning a resolution into a habit and doing something to nurture yourself every day. What a brilliant thing to celebrate!
Just found you via your comment on Imaginif – great blog
Dee – I’m convinced that 365 small steps take me a lot further than 2 or 3 big steps.
Alison – happy to see you over here and many thanks for the comment. I love your idea. In many ways each new day is the start of a new year, a new lifetime, a new path .. whatever we decide.