New Years Resolutions...

At this time every 365 days people make promises to themselves and to their loved ones about their goals for the New Year ahead. It is a time for reflection, for resolving, for forgiving and forgetting. It is the start of a new cycle, a chance to turn your back on old fears and an opportunity to create new abundant goals.

Are you bored yet? I certainly am.

I personally believe that although New Year can represent a change, there really is no need to put all this pressure on yourself as 2011 arrives. Every day is an opportunity for change. Actually every minute and every second. No moment is more powerful than the next.

I certainly believe that the world shifts each year as the calender turns, but for personal development we know when the time is right to bring in the new and release the old and tired. If you decide right this second to make a change or any second a week or month from now, it holds the same power. The power to shift comes from within, not from a calender full of dates. You hold the key to personal change.

This can seem a little scary, we sometimes feel like we cannot change however hard we try. We feel like we have failed if we do not succeed straight away and we create a belief that we 'can't'. The reality is you can. I promise that whatever you want to achieve in your life, it can be yours as long as you believe it is possible. We are the only ones that put limits on our own lives.

So, instead of putting all your hope and fear into the 1st of January, choose a moment when you feel reflective and hopeful and write a list of all the things you would like in your life. Do not think about what you can or cannot do, think about what you really want. Allow no boundaries to restrict your list. Do not focus on the reasons why or the steps to how. Simply write your list, accept that you want it and believe it is possible. This is a really powerful tool.

If you find doing this cheesy, impossible and annoying then don't do it, screw the paper up and throw it in the bin and hope it is never found. Instead, simply give yourself the time and space to change and whenever you feel a negative belief rearing it's head, try and quash it with a positive alternative. Talk to your own mind like you would talk to a friend...

'It is going to be ok.'

'You can do it.'

'Of course you can change, just be patient, you are so loved and certainly capable'

'Be patient and do the best you can'

'Rest now, try again tomorrow, everyone needs a break'

'You deserve better!'

'Believe in yourself, everyone else does.'

Most importantly remember that it is never too late to change something in our lives and from one moment to the next we can re-create our whole existence. We are in charge, it may not always feel like it, but we are 100% in charge of how we feel and what we create in our futures. So, try to think nice things about yourself as often as possible and if you cannot think something nice about yourself at least don't think something bad.

I think you are all brilliant!

Josie :)