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Weekly Inspiration - A Lighter New Year!!

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Weekly Inspiration - A Lighter New Year!!

 

I went to a goal setting/motivational class yesterday given by my good friend, Kent Rini, where he shared a technique that I’d like to share with you.

We’ve all set our New Year’s Resolutions. Some of us are more successful with this approach than others. Personally, I would rather continue to set my goals that I can measure and have specific deadlines for. But there’s something else that we can do going into the new year that’s a bit different.

Several years ago, I was at a New Years Eve party with a couple friends of mine and the guy that I was dating, Wayne. The party was given by friends of Wayne and we were all having a great time and then it hit me; Why the heck am I still dating this guy?? I mean he was nice enough, really good looking and we had a good time together. But was he ‘the one’? Definitely not! So at 11:45 pm (yes, just 15 minutes before the ball dropped), I rounded up my two friends and told them we had to get out of there. At first they looked at me like I was nutz! But when I told them why, they didn’t ask another question and we headed out the door to my friend;s Miata. That’s right, 3 grown women trying to fit into a Miata. Thankfully the party was very close to my house.

As we were walking to the car, Wayne came out and said Where are you going? I looked at him and told him that the relationship wasn’t going anywhere. Six months and we still behave as though we’re nothing more than friends. Most importantly, I did not want to go into the new year in this stale, dead-end relationship. I was staring my year off right and one of the things I needed to do was to not be in a pointless relationship. There were a couple other issues as well that I won’t go into here…

He didn’t say a word, which was typical, and I just turned and made my way to the car. The three of us went back to my house and rang in the new year and we were all very happy to be where we were that evening.

So my question to you is; is there something that you’re hanging onto that you want to, or need to, shed before you go into the new year? It could be a habit, a fear or even negative self-talk that you’ve been allowing to happen. Take a moment to really think about something that you’ve been carrying around with you that you need to release.

Now write out whatever it is on a piece of paper and hold it between your hands. Take time to acknowledge it, try to understand the lesson that it was bringing with it. You may not know the lesson just yet, and that’s ok. But just know that everything we go through comes with some form of a message or lesson.

Once you’ve acknowledged this, detach from it. Literally say DETACH out loud. It helps to do a cutting action with your arm as though you were cutting a cord. Now take that piece of paper somewhere where you can burn it. This will be the final step of releasing whatever it is that you don’t want to bring into the new year with you.

You can take a bucket of water outside, light the paper over the bucket and when you can no longer hold onto it, let it fall into the water. Whatever you do, please be safe! You may want to consider doing this with a couple of friends or at a New Years party. Just be sure that if more than a few people are involved, there’s at least one person who has not been drinking and ready with a fire extinguisher. Again, please be safe. We don’t want to bring firemen into the new year with us. Oh wait, maybe….

Anyway, I wish you all a very Happy New Year and hope you have a very safe holiday and can cut that cord to whatever it is that you don’t want to bring into the new year with you!

 

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