Self Improvement: a new life in a new year

In just a few days, we will be in a new year, a new decade. As we look to the new year, why not look forward to who and what we want to be. Self improvement is all about becoming who we want to be. Why not have a new life in the new year?

You may be thinking that having a new life sounds great but there is no way that things are going to be different. You know, with an attitude like that you are absolutely right. Nothing will be different because you don’t expect them to be. We create our realities and the way we think determines our reality.

You also may be thinking that improving your life, having a new you sounds like a dream come true, but you have no idea how to get there. You decide; that’s how you get there. What do I mean? I mean that you decide that things will be different, you will be different and then refuse to let go of that decision.

I have said many times that life doesn’t change in an instant; it’s a process. That’s true, but the decision to change comes in a heartbeat. You need only to make the decision to change and you have taken the first step in the process. Often you need a defining moment to come to the point of making this decision, but the decision has to be made.

In my life I learned that it is easy to make the decision, but hard to stick to it. It takes a certain mind set. Old habits die hard. We learn to live using our defense mechanisms and attention getting devices. Our ego doesn’t want to give those things up. It knows how to deal with life using then and doesn’t want to go into unknown territory.

Talk to your inner self, your ego, and tell it that things are going to change. Tell it that is has to learn to deal with life in a new way, a way that is healthier and happier. Let your inner self know that you are taking control. When old ways of thinking try to take hold, just tell that inner self that you no longer accept that way of thinking and put it away.

This new year promises to be an amazing one. I am so excited about it I can hardly stand it! Why not greet this new year with a new you. Decide today that this year will be your year. This will be the year that you are successful at whatever it is you want. This is your year!

Here’s to You!

P.S. Here’s a book that helps you with coaching yourself in how to make changes. I am listening to the CD version of this and find it pretty good. Amazon rates it five stars. The title is The Power of Self Coaching

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