Rethinking Resolutions

This year—2016—I set my new years resolutions differently. First of all I didn’t nail down what I wanted them to be until about March. After thinking about what lofty goal I wanted to reach for, for months, something someone said or I read caused me to reverse the way I was thinking on setting goals. I began to evaluate my areas of weakness and had a desire to strengthen those areas.

Previous years have been filled with numbers. Attend the gym 3 times a week. Study Scriptures daily. Pray Morning and night. Be kinder to others. And on, and on. I was left with a giant checklist which was overwhelming and proved unattainable. By March I had realized that I needed to focus more on just one word, one principle, instead of detailing out every single thing I should be doing.

Consistency

That was it. I had finally figured out what I wanted to work on, focus on, improve on, make progress on during this year—Consistency. And interestingly enough, once I had realized the principle that I wanted to work on, doing all those things that had been on my list for years, now became easier because I had motivation. Once I realized this method of goal setting I quickly realized there was one other goal I needed to work on as well.

Fear has unfortunately been a motivator in my life. And, instead of giving into my fears I knew I wanted to begin fighting my fears by embracing change, challenges, and even blessings that are available to me. I needed to stop dragging my heels when I knew what I needed to do. I needed to EMBRACE it.

Embrace

Change, Challenges, & Progress