Will This Be a New Year For You?

Let's Make This New Year Count!

  So, we all usually do the same thing. We make New Year's resolutions with the best hopes in mind and by the 2nd week of January most have already been forgotten or we've given up. Not this year, let's try something different. How about some realistic resolutions this year? What? Aren't they always realistic? Well, not exactly! This year, let's think about not trying to change our mate in our relationship or focus on trying to get a mate, for that matter. Let's not say that we're going to lose 50 pounds and keep our snack weaknesses around. Let's work on ourselves and our mindsets! Why don't we try to live more this year?  
This means, start saving for, or take that trip you've been wanting to take. Lose the weight you've been trying to lose, but start small and work your way up. Quit being so hard on yourself, but don't refuse to give up on your goals. Everything you want can and will be accomplished if you decide to claim it. You just have to decide what you may have to risk to go after it. Anything worth going after takes risk and sacrifice. My sincere wish and prayer is that everyone finds what they are looking for this year. Most of all, remember to love yourself, enjoy life and have fun. Laugh when you're having the worst day. Find the sun through the rain. Live when it seems impossible! I believe in you!

Here's some Josie Tips for setting realistic goals:

• Start with a small, easy goal to accomplish and move up. (Example, try to lose 5 pounds first, once that is done, you can see where your weaknesses were and adjust accordingly. Being healthy is a lifestyle choice. Don't make this a goal to be accomplished in a few weeks or month. Make it an overall goal to be met by the end of the year and then for a lifetime.)

• What ever may have been going wrong this past year, may have been a result of poor choices on your part. Don't dwell on your mistakes. Choose to do better. Remember the mistakes, move on from them, but don't repeat them. 

• Love Yourself!!!!!!! Sometimes this is hard to remember. Especially if you're like me. You do for everyone else, but who helps you? Remember to love yourself. When people or situations aren't treating you the way YOU THINK you deserve to be treated, lose them. It's not worth losing love for yourself. 

•  Enjoy yourself! Enjoy life! Learn to say "SO WHAT", this year. You didn't get that promotion you wanted. Your finances weren't where you wanted them. You lost a lot. Guess what, you're still standing! You're still here! Say SO WHAT! NEXT!

• Seek out your purpose! I've realized since I was a little girl, that I was put here to help people in some way. Every job I've had in my life so far, has done just that. Total strangers often feel comfortable talking to me wherever I am about anything. That's not a coincidence! Start noticing the signs of your purpose. What comes to you naturally? What happens in your life regularly without you trying? What kind of people seem to be drawn to you?

• Create a vision board. Not exactly sure how to get to what you want, but know what you want? It's called the Law of Attraction. Create a board of pictures with the lifestyle and dreams you want to experience. It may not happen today, maybe not even tomorrow, but it WILL happen. Just believe in yourself!