Today write down 7 attitudes you want to improve/change this year.  Attitude really is everything! So, what better way to enter a new beginning than to define the attitudes you want to change?

This could be paying more attention to gratitude. Perhaps you can use the Gratitude Journal Software we created.  Or, you might enjoy writing your gratitudes with paper and pen. Maybe you want to do it more often. Figure out different ways to implement this attitude change.

Maybe you want to be less judgmental. Maybe you want to be more loving to strangers (or even to those you know).

Maybe you want to be more patient – with specific people or with everything in general.

Perhaps, you want to start thinking about “bad” things differently, embracing the good that comes from them?

Maybe you want to stop worrying so much and believing more in the Law of Attraction. Once you do that, you’ll learn why worrying simply brings you more things to worry about.

So, go ahead. This might take a few more minutes than the others have but it will be worth it. Your attitude is with you all the time so it’s an integral part of you. Don’t you think that it’s worth than just a minute or two. After all, 2016 is going to be your best year yet so you might as well begin to craft it right don’t you think?

Click here for the document page for “The 12 Lists of Christmas” – your guide to new beginnings at the start of 2016

Terrie

Now let’s get to working on what you want to happen in this coming year. Take a few moments as you recover from your New Years’ Eve celebrations and jot down 7 things you really want this year. Remember that the year is a lot of days. In our age of instant gratification we always seem to want what we want and want it NOW. Remember the Law of Gestation and understand that the Universe is in charge, not you. You can guide the Universe by continuously monitoring your thoughts and keeping them aligned so that the Law of Attraction can bring you the results you want. Remember to be realistic too. Don’t be jotting down “I want to make a million dollars this year” if your income in less than $100,000 now. Your subconscious mind can’t wrap itself around something that far out – especially in one year. This is not to say that you shouldn’t be aiming to make a million dollars.  You just need to be realistic about it and list either a smaller desire and put it down as a stepping stone “toward my million” for example. Or you could put down something like “I’m well on my way toward creating my million dollar lifestyle and income”. Something that allows for progress but doesn’t put specific limits on you in the next 365 days – that’s a sure set up for failure. Instead of “I am going to lose 100 pounds (or even 30)”, make a statement about what you really want – “I am enjoying eating better” (notice I didn’t say ‘healthy’ – your mind may not be able to wrap itself around that right now).

Right now, I don’t care of these desires are specific or general. I just want you to write 7 things that you can associate with the word “desire’. That’s the catch – what feeling does that word generate inside of you?

Happy New Year!

Terrie

Today we’ll start to look at next year and where you want to go and what you want to focus on.  You might be wondering why I would put priorities before specific items or attitudes. Your priorities are like the categories or chapters of your new book (the book of 2016). Once you have figured out what you want to be of greatest importance in your life this coming year, you can then look at details or specifics.

With that in mind, today you should pick out the top 7 priorities in your life for 2016. Perhaps your health is a priority. What about relationships in general? Specific relationships? Getting organized? Getting a pet (even though this is specific it certainly could be a priority – but what would make it more valuable to you is to write down WHY you want a pet. Is it for companionship, to help a charity with a rescue, to make your kids happy and also teach them responsibility? Do you want to write a book? Do you have sports activities you want to be a priority? Maybe getting more rest is a priority or perhaps spending more time with your family.  And on and on….

One of the reasons I am having you write out 7 priorities is that what’s important in life is balance and if you just think about your life one priority after another you won’t really achieve balance. You just hop from one hotbed of stress to the next. If you can figure out what is important to you, you can then figure out how to fit them all into your life simultaneously.

Try it. See what happens.

Terrie

 Today’s list is a result of the massive house decluttering I’ve been doing this holiday season. As I was going through pile after pile, photograph after photograph, card after card, I realized that my life really can be measured by the people whose lives I have touched and influenced (hopefully in a positive way).

Remember how we talk about thoughts are energy. Well, what people think about us is what’s going to be our legacy – not all the “stuff” we have. No one really cares if you have a Mercedes or a bicycle. They care, perhaps, what you do with the vehicle. Does it take you to volunteer somewhere? Does it give someone else a ride keeping them from having to be out in the cold or the heat?

How we affect other people is what’s really important in life. Do we make them smile? Do we make them cry or shy away? Do we help them grow and sometimes even make them grow despite all their efforts?

Today your 2015 inventory will be all about the 7 people who have touched your life this year. But don’t just write down their names. Write down HOW they have touched your life. You may not even know their names but you know “who” they are and what they did for you.

This list should complete your basic  inventory and get you ready for planning for 2016 beginning tomorrow!

Terrie