Monday 28 December 2015

How to create a 2016 to be proud of...

Cast your mind back to where you were at this time last year. What did you want to change? What did you want from 2015? Have you achieved this?

As we all know New Year's Resolutions are notoriously tough to stick to.  Maybe we need to try a new way of setting our goals and working out what we really want.


Try these 3 steps...

1) Visualise your year ahead and commit this to paper 
2) Really imagine the feelings you will experience as your vision becomes reality
3) Let these feelings drive you to take small steps to create your best year yet

Get creative 

Set aside some time, lock yourself away and dream up how your 2016 is going to look and put this vision on an A4 sheet of paper.  Draw it, doodle it, write it - do whatever feels most natural to you.  It just needs to display how your ideal year will look.

If you want to find love in 2016, write that this year you will find a partner.  If you want to expand your horizons and move abroad put that in your 2016 manifesto. Using a good old fashioned pen and paper rather than typing works better too as the process of writing takes longer so further in-beds your vision in your brain. Remember to dream big, but do be realistic.


Once you're done, put your A4 sheet of paper somewhere you'll be able to see it regularly and 'keep your eyes on the prize!'

A while back I read a book which really encouraged me to try this type of approach which I've been putting into practice ever since and not just at New Year.  I strongly recommend a read of Just Ask the Universe

Igniting the rocket fuel...

Ask yourself how will you feel when you make your vision a reality?

By carrying out the process above you are really imagining your dreams becoming a reality which will ignite all kinds of positive feelings and emotions which act as the rocket fuel you need to really make the necessary changes to reach your goals

Don't lay down the law by setting rigid resolutions - I must to do this, I must do that.  Instead really get a sense of how you want 2016 to be for you and set little goals each week using your vision as the driving force behind your goals.  Take baby steps, keep the vision in mind, really connect with why you're doing it and where you want to be.

It's so important that you have the will to create this reality so ask yourself how much you want this. This will be a good indication of how successful you'll be.

And the biggest motivation?  

...Imagining yourself when you sit down at the end of the year and assess how far you've come.  You may not have lived out your exact vision, or your vision may have changed along the way, but with a little imagination, belief and by regularly setting mini goals, you'll have made positive change in your life and the origin of that has come from what you truly want from your year rather than what you think your new years resolution *should* be.

Above all, have fun with it, you can literally write your future so get creative and ENJOY!