subject: An Inspired Approach To Making New Year's Resolutions [print this page] "One sweet dream came true today""One sweet dream came true today". The Beatles, from "You Never Give Me Your Money".
Most of us will be writing New Year's resolutions or new goals for the new year. I have an idea for you in preparation for that. Before you write about all that you desire to have come into your life, make a list of all the resolutions and goals that came true for 2010.
Many common New Year's resolutions are "I want to make more money", "I want to lose weight", "I want to quit smoking", "I want to be in better health", or "I want a new lover". What I am suggesting you do is write about the weight you lost last year; for example the month where you dropped eight pounds, even if you gained it all back.
Write about the 24 hours you quit smoking last year. Write about the exercising you did in 2010, and the times your body felt more fit and more healthy, even if just for a while. Write about the love that you have in your life now and all through 2010; all the love you received and all the love you gave.
Write about the money you made last year, especially all the new money that showed up that was a new pathway from 2009. Write about each new pathway that opened up for you. The more you reflect the more it will surprise you; money that was gifted to you, a small raise, a new job, any insurance or tax refund, or money from something you sold.
By focusing on the positive aspects of 2010, three things will happen for you. You will be of the right energy to go ahead and write about what you want for 2011. You will also more easily attract something if your attention is on the fact that you have already attracted it. In reality, that is a way of incorporating the energy of acting as if you have already achieved a new goal, because you actually already have. And finally, it just feels better to be in appreciation of what you have accomplished or received, rather than focusing on the absence of something in your life.
Perhaps after you do this, you will not even need the New Year's resolutions, and you will be able to work off the list of things you accomplished in 2010 and simply want to have more of.
