Have you ever awakened and wondered what day it was? Or maybe you were scheduling a meeting and realized that it was already almost next month! Life seems to pass so quickly at times. I look forward to exciting events and it seems like they will never arrive but, then I pause and look back, I find that I am much further along than I want to admit! That’s a bit of what I’m experiencing right now. Here it is, 2023, January, and already the 12th!
Google reports that the average length a person maintains a New Year’s Resolution is 36 days. That seems long enough for it to become a habit based on the understanding that habit-forming is a 21-day process. It seems there is a disconnect between the two timeframes as stopping a resolution after 36 days would not be so easy if it was a habit by then. Oh well, just some of my musings this January.
So, what does it take to experience real and lasting change? What will it take to get me to take at least 7500 steps every day?! I think that mysterious question haunts most of us in some area of our lives. How do we identify what needs to be changed, and then how do we make the lasting change happen?
If only I had that answer! (I know you all were expecting it!) I don’t. I do know that life is a journey. We do have the opportunity to make choices that will move us along the path or take us down rabbit trails, and sometimes send us backwards from where we wanted to go. I believe that life is not about perfection, but about direction. As we make those New Year’s Resolutions, as we deliberately lean toward advancement, we can expect some challenges, but we can also rejoice in the forward motion however slight it may be at time.
This New Year, make time for your own regular time of contemplation. Write things down (I don’t call it journaling because I’m not good at that!). The renewal of our minds and bodies depends on our providing them with proper maintenance.
Here’s to each of you this New Year!
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