It’s that time of year when many people either start their new year’s resolutions or set goals for the year. Did you have any for last year? Did you fulfill them? Or, were they good intentions that started off with enthusiasm, and then as life got busy slightly fell to the wayside? If that’s you, don’t feel bad, you’re not alone! Changing new habits, or creating the version of you that you desire takes some work and commitment, but it’s not impossible. Especially, if you have a plan.
One thing that has been a huge help for me in my life in setting and achieving my goals is journaling. Writing them out has always seemed to help solidify ideas into a concrete plan of action. According to John and Patrice Robson authors of the website, www.higherawareness.com,
One thing that has been a huge help for me in my life in setting and achieving my goals is journaling. Writing them out has always seemed to help solidify ideas into a concrete plan of action. According to John and Patrice Robson authors of the website, www.higherawareness.com,
“We get a deeper sense of who we are when we can study our thoughts and feelings on paper. With journaling, we can work with the vast resources of our subconscious minds, indirectly retrieving information that is not normally available to us. It also helps us intentionally anchor new ideas into the subconscious.
It takes work to both retrieve and permanently change the information that lies there, so we can get rid of an old habit or go to a new level in performance or growth. From my experience we must do 4 to 6 different things around one focus to create enough tension in our subconscious to shift its programming in that area.
We can use 4 to 6 different journaling tools to address the same topic. This creates more perspectives, dimensions, tension and intensity to bring change.
Are you starting to grasp the control, momentum, synergy and big picture thinking that’s possible when we get things out of our minds and onto paper?
Journaling with intention and purpose has more uses and benefits than any other tools I know. It can truly help us make sense of our world.”
Another tip is to give yourself a timeline that’s realistic. Do you want to lose a few pounds (or hopefully just adopt a healthier eating plan)? Set a goal that in a certain amount of time such as 4 wks you will have lost 4 – 6 pounds. And in 6 months maybe it’s 25 to 30 pounds and reassess when you get there. Don’t berate yourself for not achieving it completely.
Maybe you would like to make more money this year or spend more quality time with your family… or do more things to take care of yourself (like those monthly massages you said you wanted to keep up with:), what steps or actions do you need to take to achieve this? Write it down! :) I’ve also found that it’s always gratifying to look back in older journal entries from prior years to look at what goals or ideas I had in the past and see whether you they were achieved or maybe they just modified a little to accommodate your life as you grow and evolve. Because isn’t that what life is about… learning, and growing, never being static? I think so!
Happy writing! :)
It takes work to both retrieve and permanently change the information that lies there, so we can get rid of an old habit or go to a new level in performance or growth. From my experience we must do 4 to 6 different things around one focus to create enough tension in our subconscious to shift its programming in that area.
We can use 4 to 6 different journaling tools to address the same topic. This creates more perspectives, dimensions, tension and intensity to bring change.
Are you starting to grasp the control, momentum, synergy and big picture thinking that’s possible when we get things out of our minds and onto paper?
Journaling with intention and purpose has more uses and benefits than any other tools I know. It can truly help us make sense of our world.”
Another tip is to give yourself a timeline that’s realistic. Do you want to lose a few pounds (or hopefully just adopt a healthier eating plan)? Set a goal that in a certain amount of time such as 4 wks you will have lost 4 – 6 pounds. And in 6 months maybe it’s 25 to 30 pounds and reassess when you get there. Don’t berate yourself for not achieving it completely.
Maybe you would like to make more money this year or spend more quality time with your family… or do more things to take care of yourself (like those monthly massages you said you wanted to keep up with:), what steps or actions do you need to take to achieve this? Write it down! :) I’ve also found that it’s always gratifying to look back in older journal entries from prior years to look at what goals or ideas I had in the past and see whether you they were achieved or maybe they just modified a little to accommodate your life as you grow and evolve. Because isn’t that what life is about… learning, and growing, never being static? I think so!
Happy writing! :)
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