Happy New Year! Stop Striving for Perfection and Make Your Dreams Come True!

Happy New Year! Can you believe it is already 2008? How many of us have said that this is going to be our best year yet? When a new year rolls around it is jam packed with opportunities and fresh starts. We can't help but get excited about what the year may bring.Many of us make New Year's resolutions. We have so much that we want to do with our lives, but for one reason or another we kept pushing our goals off throughout the year because our intention is, of course, to make a fresh start on the 1st of January. Unfortunately most of us don't keep those resolutions for very long and instead of acknowledging it and continuing to move forward, we punish ourselves and then just give up all together. If your resolution is to loose weight and by January 4th you have already cheated on your diet, how easy is it to throw your hands in the air, give up and continue your unhealthy lifestyle for yet another year. Same goes for smoking, being more organized or whatever your goals are for the year. When we do one thing to "mess up" that goal, we automatically think "game over" when clearly that should not be the case. We are not perfect! And are you ready for this one...we will NEVER be perfect! We will make mistakes, we will have bad days and we will make decisions that well, at the time didn't seem so bad. Don't set yourself up for failure with your resolutions by putting endless amounts of pressure on yourself. If you fall, get back up again and most importantly do it with a smile on your face, head held high and attitude on track. We all have goals and dreams and think about that perfect picture in our minds of what we want out of life. What's great is that we can absolutely make that happen as long as we are willing to persevere, continue to move forward and most importantly enjoy the journey along the way. Let's not get caught up in perfection and having an attitude of "all or nothing". Allow some space in your life for the unexpected and enjoy the opportunities each situation brings. Here's to a fabulous 2008! May you reach all of your goals...and maybe even some that you never thought you had!

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Kate