New Year! Change YOU!

better life change elevate habits identity journey new self progress shift transformation Jan 02, 2022

So it's "New Year. New You." time!

We get excited to "change" and do things differently in hopes of being a better version than we were two days ago on Dec. 31, 2021. Buuuuuttttttt... Are we really going to do things differently?!

I know we want to change, but why is it so tricky to ACTUALLY transform our lives?

  1. We use the excitement of the New Year as the reason we want to change instead of anchoring in a more substantial and impactful WHY as the root to new habits and actions.
  2. When we talk about shifting our lives for the better, we ignore the fact that we are the same exact person on Jan. 1st. And when we show up to break old habits, we get caught because our identity is precisely the same as it was the day before. 
  3. We expect the label of a new year to mean INSTANT changed results when we haven't adjusted a single thing on the first of the year.

So if we genuinely want to better ourselves and elevate our lives, here's what we CAN do to begin to alter it.

  1. Write a short list of 3 things you want to be different this year. Then under each point, write out at least five reasons WHY you need to level up. Knowing your WHY will help you take that new step when the old ways want to creep back in. Let your WHY move you into NEW YOU.
  2. Start seeing yourselves as the person you want to BECOME. Are you dressed differently? Do you have a new title at your job? Who do you look up to, and can you see yourself with their qualities? The purpose of this is to get you to see yourself as the NEW YOU. The old identity has its solid grip, so this will take some effort and willingness to accept a new version. Also, to help let go of the old version, you can do some energetic cord-cutting. Thank the old version for getting you this far, and now it's time to move onward and upward. 
  3. Know that making lasting change is a PROCESS and a JOURNEY! Give yourself the grace to make incremental shifts instead of getting defeated because Jan. 2nd came around, and there's been zero progress. All it takes is A step towards the desired transformation. Like they say, "You can't eat an elephant in one bite." 

I know we're all excited for the new year so let's use that energy to focus and get clear on who we want to become and how we're going to do it.

I'm so excited for you! Let's goooooooooooo!!! 

With lots of LOVE,
Teresa

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