Even with the best intentions, we often find ourselves at this point in the year wondering, "What happened to those resolutions I made at the beginning of the year?"<\/p>\n
You may even be in a really bad situation because of something you
\noverlooked or did thoughtlessly. Well, if you’re reading this, you may
\nstill have a chance to turn things around.<\/p>\n
If you are like many of the people I know, you have been throwing yourself at one challenge or another for three months and you still have a whole bunch of unkept promises made to yourself and others.<\/p>\n
First of all, stop beating yourself up. What’s done is done. Apologizing will not undo it. You probably made a judgement call on bad data or lost track of your real objectives in life. Whatever! <\/p>\n
If anyone asks, just say that it seemed to make sense at the time. <\/p>\n
That is the honest truth in most cases and will let you get off the topic and on to making a different future for yourself.<\/p>\n
Now, about making a fresh start. How about right now? Not tomorrow after breakfast or next week when the family is gone. If you are interested, here is one way to do it:<\/p>\n
Write down your most immediate and serious problem. Find one thing you
\ncan do about it today and do it. Don’t get distracted by all of your
\nother problems, just persist and do the one thing you set out to do.<\/p>\n
\nOnce you have accomplished that, decide what you need to do next about
\nthat problem and either do it or pick the next biggest problem and find
\nwhat you can do about that one.<\/p>\n
\nResist the temptation to get overwhelmed. Of course you have more than
\none problem to deal with or you wouldn’t be in this bad situation or
\nburied in undone resolutions.<\/p>\n
\nJust keep your eye on the biggest problem facing you and find something
\nabout that problem you can solve. If you keep doing that, you will dig
\nyourself out of almost any hole you have put yourself into.<\/p>\n
\nHow do I know that? I’ve been there and done that too many times to count!<\/p>\n
\nNow, what about the problems that you cannot resolve in this way? Well,
\nyou may have actually boxed yourself into a corner and have taken on a
\nmortgage that you cannot pay. Or, you may have gotten into a personal
\nor business relationship without a full understanding of who you were
\ndealing with. <\/p>\n
\nYou can still handle these in the same way, except that the solution
\nlies not in fixing the problem, but in removing it from your life. You
\nhave come to a fork in the road. Take it. <\/p>\n
Just make sure that you \nAgain, I speak from hard-won experience. If you spend time and money on \nNo matter where you are today versus your lifetime goals, you can make You will be absolutely surprised by how many people will \nBe well…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even with the best intentions, we often find ourselves at this point in the year wondering, "What happened to those resolutions I made at the beginning of the year?"<\/p>\n You may even be in a really bad situation because of something you If you are like many of the people I know, you have been throwing yourself at one challenge or another for three months and you still have a whole bunch of unkept promises made to yourself and others.<\/p>\n First of all, stop beating yourself up. What’s done is done. Apologizing will not undo it. You probably made a judgement call on bad data or lost track of your real objectives in life. Whatever! <\/p>\n If anyone asks, just say that it seemed to make sense at the time. <\/p>\n That is the honest truth in most cases and will let you get off the topic and on to making a different future for yourself.<\/p>\n Now, about making a fresh start. How about right now? Not tomorrow after breakfast or next week when the family is gone. If you are interested, here is one way to do it:<\/p>\n
\nhandle the reason that you made the mistake in the first place<\/em>, or you
\nwill find yourself at this same fork in the road a few years hence.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nhandling your self-destructive impulses, it is time and money
\nwell-spent. <\/p>\n
\na fresh start and give yourself a new lease on life by deciding that
\nthis might be a good day to start a better and happier life for
\nyourself. <\/p>\n
\nrecognize that you are making a new effort and will help you. You don’t
\nhave to announce it to the world. Your actions will speak much louder
\nthan words.<\/p>\n
\noverlooked or did thoughtlessly. Well, if you’re reading this, you may
\nstill have a chance to turn things around.<\/p>\n