Every year, many of us are filled with renewed optimism at making life changes we've always wanted to make. And everyone has the same chant: IT'S A FRESH START. BUT there is always a minority few WHO tend to be more cynical [more than just skeptical] and in the end, they get 'burned' by New Year's resolution that end up as just another set of rehashed wishes. BUT Life changes very quickly in a very positive way IF YOU LET ITπππ
Each of these is quite understandable BUT the problem with each is that neither really leads to lasting, meaningful change [without some evidence-backed methods to actually make the changes stick]. BUT if we listen to mentors and coaches, they all sing the same tune, that LIFE CHANGES VERY QUICKLY IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY [BUT ONLY IF YOU LET IT]. Looking back, many of our New Year's resolutions DON'T tend to work because of multifarious factorsπ₯π₯π₯
SO WHY? Let's rattle off the most obvious low-lying root causes:
- There's that short-term BURST of OPTIMISM [and energy] WHICH normally DOESN'T last that long
- Many of us tend to NOT set up commitments to really last long
- We DON'T have ways of reflecting, learning and adjusting and dealing with the failures and obstacles that inevitably come along, so our attempts end up being very fragile, prone to easily end [and worse, to fall flat even before a plan OR action takes off]
I've witnessed first-hand some people WHO seem distraught and really down. And WHEN I dipped my hands to help some people, WHAT I highlighted is that, per se, there are various 'positivities' all around us. Alas, sometimes those 'positivities' are obscured and worse, they surface as 'negativities' unless you dissect it with a fine tooth of a comb. BUT WHAT's frustrating is, if the 'road-blocker' is so 'entrenched' within a person, he will be the first one to shut off all 'positivities' he can tapπππ
Our takeaway: Let us go back to basics, back to the smallest, tiniest steps we can take. LIKE let's floss just 1 tooth to start with. LIKE let's do 1 pushup for now [if the gym seems daunting]. LIKE writing one sentence for now [if writing a novel is a tall order]. Note though that those are just starting steps and slowly progress from there. BUT let us NOT try to get too ambitious in our first start [because that is a recipe of failure, ouch] YES dude, LIFE CHANGES VERY QUICKLY IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY IF YOU LET ITπππ