New Years Resolution check-in

Resolution derives from the Latin word resolvere which means to loosen, undo, or settle. We write down or say out loud the things that conflict with our lives and we want to resolve. Why carry around so much conflict? Why start the year with so much undone? Wouldn’t it be better to start the year with none? We procrastinate the decision to walk the path of a warrior because it is the easiest to justify. Of course, you couldn’t start that massive project that was going to save the world, how could you? You need more time/money/resources before you could begin something so big and so grand. And you wake up and this year we think everything is going to be different. We don’t find ourselves saying we are not going to do something great. Instead, we rationalize that we will begin tomorrow. But tomorrow, we do it again. On repeat.

Forget your New Year’s Resolution. Two things to remember:

Every passing moment is a chance to turn it all around. You can decide right now, today that your life is going to be different. You are never without this opportunity or power to change everything. No one can take this away from you. No matter what has been said or done, you can change things. And if you are going to change things, you might as well change them for the better.

Go do the work. It’s amazing how much better you will feel once you put in the blood sweat, and tears in.