Tomorrow is New Years Eve, a day when most of us will release a deep breath being happy that the current year is coming to an end and others of us take a deep breath getting ready for the year ahead. Which are you going to be doing a few hours from now?
It is always interesting to ask people if they are happy or sad to see a New Year come and go. Most people usually fit into one of two groups, the people who are happy to see a year come to an end are the people who had a challenging year the people who are not happy to see a year come to an end are the people who had a wonderful year.
There is a very select group of people who I love being around. These people are the ones who know that the two actions, the release and the taking in of a deep breath go together. One without the other really doesn’t do anyone any good.
How can you have a year come to an end without another year starting? For that matter how can you exhale a breath without taking a breath back in? The two just go together don’t they?
Here are a few things that you can do to help ease the stress of the year ending and New Year beginning.
1) Let go of the past. When I say past I mean everything up to and including tomorrow 11:59:59 PM. If you had a good year, GREAT, you should be proud of yourself and what you have accomplished. If you had a challenging year, GREAT, it is over and tomorrow starts a new opportunity to reach for the stars.
2) Have a clear and exact goal. Start the year renewed with a new goal. A goal that challenges you, and yet is attainable. A goal that is worthy of your hard work and will reap you the rewards you want if accomplished.
3) Do something different. This is a part A and part B task. Part A is, doing something different in your career. Get a new certification, learn a new technique, expand your product line, it doesn’t matter what you do, just make this year a little different from last year. Part B is, do something different for yourself. Maybe it is going on a new kind of vacation. If you never have been on a cruise take one, if you have never gone to the beach, go. Maybe it is buying that new car, or remodeling your home. Just do something different. What this will do for you is make the New Year one to remember.
4) Roll the dice. So many of us play it safe in everything we do. We are afraid to take any risk in fear it won’t work out for us. Now READ VERY CAREFULLY! I am not saying you should risk more than you can afford to lose. I am saying, step out of the safe zone a little and take a small gamble in one aspect of your life. The thrill, the rush, the excitement will do you good.
5) Reconnect with someone that you have lost contact with. I know this sounds like something your psychologist should be telling you (and if your psychologist already has, thank me for saving you the $75.00 cost of your next visit) but reaching out to someone from the past is almost universally an uplifting experience. What I have also found for myself is that whoever I have reached out to has given me other names and contact that I could also reach out to. Before I knew it I had a group of old friends that I was communicating with again.
OK, you now only have 24 hours and 30 minutes left until you start breathing in and out breaths of years gone by and years yet to come. Make the most out of your last day of 2010.
Lorin
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