If you are anything like me, every year at 11:45pm on New Years Eve, you are inspired by the hope of what is to come in the new year. In 15 minutes, your life is going to change for the better and you will now be able to live the way you have been wanting to. Chances to make good on all the goals and plans that you didn't get to last year, the pounds you are going to lose, the workouts you are going to start, the money you are going to make in the new year.Since the 1st of this new year, I have been noticing all the inspiring quotes on Facebook everyone has been posting. They are so motivating and uplifting and I love reading them, as they go along with everything I believe in. They are affirmations that you can read over and over to keep you going and holding onto that hope of the new year and all it has to offer us with its renewed time. However, when the first week is over and the second, and the newness of the new year and all its hope starts to wane, it can start to get depressing and your motivation level crashes. All of a sudden you are starting to feel like its too much, too hard, and you can't do it.
Well Guess What? You are WRONG!!! You Can Do It!!! However, its going to take more than a wing and a prayer, more than a new year, more than the hope that comes with that clock striking Midnight. It takes conscious effort and day to day work. You have to wake up everyday and make the decision to make it a day of action, of things you can be proud of. I talk to myself all day, telling myself what to do , what not to do (lay down and take a nap, haha), to keep on going. I tell myself that doing what I used to do didn't get me to where I wanted to be so I need to change and do something different.
Wake up everyday with a plan of action for that day. Whatever you can do , even if its one small thing each day, that will get you closer to where you want to be, to the life you want to live. As you start to do this, you will feel stronger and stronger and it WILL get easier!
And most importantly, when you lay your head on that pillow at the end of the day, you will feel bursts of pride in yourself, and joy for the changes you are CREATING, not HOPING to happen!
