The Frame Of Mind Perspective On New Year's Resolutions

1. Understanding what prevented you from achieving your goal or sticking to your plan in the past is important. Ask yourself what really got in the way and what beliefs you had that caused you to quit or give up. Doing this in writing is extremely valuable for picking up on the thinking patterns that interfere with your success.
2. Identifying the cost of not making the change plays a significant role in committing to your change with ease.
3. Defining the real desire for the change is crucial. Why do you want to make this change? Why is it important? What will it give you? What will it enable you to be, do and have? How will it affect the people that matter to you?
4. Asking yourself if you really deserve the change. Are you worth it? If there is ANY reason why you believe that you do not deserve the improvement in your life, you will find yourself in a state of self-sabotage. This belief needs to be addressed and challenged. 
5. Finally, being able to imagine yourself in a new state is crucial to your success. Can you imagine going out for dinner without wanting a smoke afterwards? Can you imagine yourself climbing up a set of stairs without being winded? Can you imagine having enough money to purchase an RSP?

This mental preparation for change is a process that is best done through personal journaling. Writing it down gets it out of your head and into a format that can be seen and addressed. Your self-destructive beliefs can be challenged and your sense of self worth can be assessed and built. The power of journaling is astounding for unloading the negative energy in your life and replacing it with a meaningful personal vision and the kind of commitment to change that is deep seeded and permanent.

So what about New Year’s Resolutions? New Year’s day can certainly serve as a great start date, provided that the mental groundwork has been done. When you believe that you deserve something better, making a change is easy.

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Kim Ades, MBA is president and founder of Frame of Mind Coaching and JournalEngine™ Software. Author, speaker, entrepreneur, coach, and mother of 5, Kim is one of North America’s foremost experts on performance through thought management. By using her unique process of coaching through journaling, she works with clients to unveil and switch their thought patterns to ignite significant change and life transformation. For a free online journal, visit www.frameofmindcoaching.com.