Happy Freaking New Year
My wish for you is actually that this new year is off to a slow start. Here are my 5 major NO’s for January (and why).
#1: DO NOT Envision Your Absolute Dream Year
Dreams are beautiful & you should steer towards them, but big dreams take time! It will not manifest in one year’s time. Let this year be steps towards that dream, not the ENTIRE dream smashed into one year.
#2: DO NOT Create a Plan with No Tested Experience
If you do this, you basically create something in a vacuum, & it may not go as planned. If you have a new idea, instead of making an entire plan around it, take the idea & try it in a small way & see how it goes.
#3: DO NOT Make a Complicated To-Do List
Do not let your hyper motivated January energy make you feel constricted the rest of the year. Instead of a detailed full year plan, make a general map so you are not locked in to a to-do list that may not ring true for you the rest of the year. Picture that you are making a list for a friend – this can help keep it simple – as we tend to be kinder to our friends than ourselves.
#4: DO NOT Spend Most of the Month in Your Head Thinking
January is still winter, actually it’s deeper winter than December! We are still supposed to be resting, hibernating, & preparing for the coming Spring. To actually shift to a “hurry up & figure all this out” mode is actually not very good for you, it’s a drastic jump. Notice your thoughts & inspirations, but do not feel you need to make them happen immediately.
#5: DO NOT Check Out of Emails, Social Media, and Connections
This is such a human action, to just put everything down for a long go after the holidays. But by fully checking out, you are not giving the magic ingredient of attention to opportunities that may come your way. You need to have some routines & discipline, but this does not need to be full time.
#6: DO NOT Just Pray
Part of working with the Spirit is taking action. If you only pray, you are not allowing the Spirit to make the magic happen by boosting your action. Pray AND act, pray AND act. What is that classic line….praying to win the lottery but never buying a ticket 😉
If you’d like, you can listen to this podcast episode with all of these tips in more detail.
