New Years Resolutions

As is the custom for many of us, today we may contemplate the commitments to a few New Year Resolutions or two.  A commitment?  To really follow thru?  Or simple believe we will still be at it in six months, well three months.  Ok we’ll think about thinking about doing something new in the new year.

Most times these new actions are simple thoughts for a few days.  Fleeting ‘I’ll be better’ in 2009 ruminations.  Pipe dreams with little forethought, planning, execution, or follow thru.  Or these ‘plans’ set us up to beat our selves up.  You know how it goes.  ‘I’m just a (fill in the blank), see I can’t even do this New Years Resolution thing.

Ok, lets try something different.  I’ve three requests of you in this new year.  This is what a Coach does, makes requests,  and I like the power of three since usually one, hopefully all of the three can be accomplished. These requests are not really all that difficult. (Your mileage may vary tho)

#1  Be good to yourself first

• Honor your body: Join a gym, or go back (often) to the one you’re all ready a member of.
• Eat well: Take a look at what you put into your body and incrementally feed yourself in new and better ways.
• Begin thinking in new way: Stop beating yourself for past failings.  Look at today as a new, and only day you have.  Be more positive and when possible, push out those thoughts which don’t serve your wellbeing.
• Nourish your soul: Continue to participate in a form of spirituality which works for you, or recommit to those forms of ’soul nourishment‘ which worked for you in the past that have drifted out of your life.
• Join a new group, or engage those you’ve been a part of before.  (Book club; meditation group; social activism;  social activities; 12 Step; volunteer for an agency; staff a phone line

#2 Be good to others

• Commit to supporting the friends, relatives, coworkers, and lovers in your life now.  Call someone you’ve lost track of.  Remind all those around you just how important they are to you, and in your life.
• Perform ‘random acts of kindness‘ each and every day.  The joy of these simple acts will bring untold satisfaction into your life, with little or no energy on you part.
• Join a group (see above and add to that list those places where you can make a even a small difference in the life of someone else)

#3  Be good to the earth. Ok, well this one is fairly easy and we’ve all heard what we need to do so I won’t expound my thoughts here.  Simple put, do what you can on a daily basis to preserve our planet.

Alternative #4.  Ok, I said three yet here is a 4th for those of you who are looking for a new guy to share your life with.

This one’s simple, stay tuned.  I’m about to unveil a new website for those who are looking for Mr Right, and the clever one’s in the room have already figured out the name of this new site.  ISOMrRight.com!  How simple is that?

I’ll let you know when it’s ready to be opened up for the visiting public.  The place is a bit busy now with me, a consultant guy, and George the cat moving things around a finding places for all the old stuff.  Stay tuned!