Here comes 2012! Ring in the new, let go of the old. It’s hard not to get swept up in the energy and ritual of New Year Resolutions, and the resulting guilt when you do not actually make any positive changes that last or get results. There are such a lot of reasons resolutions are not successful. This year try my micro resolution plan and discover the power of the smallest possible action changing into a balance point of positive change of ginormous proportions throughout your life!
What’s a micro resolution? It’s a tiny change done constantly each day. It is simple to do AND it gets better than predicted results. A micro resolution starts a ripple of other positive behaviour changes without the requirement of any will power. You might just call them the lazy person’s guide to resolutions. The key is that it is so little it slips past the appreciation of those two villains in human behavior: Resistance and Inertia.
Here are the guidelines for Micro Resolutions:
1. It has to be something that takes not more than 5 minutes to do.
2. Do it every day for a month. If at the end of the month you don't see/feel/perceive any other benefits, then you can drop it and still give yourself a warm ovation for being successful at following thru. If you do like itkeep going!
3. After 2 or 3 weeks of doing the micro resolution, take a bit of time to reflect and journal what else has changed. Do it again after 2 or 3 months.
4. Implement one new micro-resolution each month. At the end of the year you may finish up with 6 or so forceful changes in your life another heart-felt ovation!
5. Make the micro-resolution about DOING something vs NOT doing something
6. Be open to any results that happen.
How to work out your Micro Resolutions:
Let's say you wish to shed pounds, quit smoking, exercise more or clear up your debt (yes, those are the top 4 resolutions every year). Those are massive and complex motives/goals/resolutions/behaviour changes. Your body is resolutely locked into homeostasis and doesn't want some needless changes interrupting everything that a body has to do every day. From that big target, select one element of it that bothers you the most.
For example, I start to eat after lunch and never actually stop until after dinner. So from lunch to dinner, I just keep munching all day whether I am hungry or not. Next I ask myselfwhat’s the most straightforward and smallest thing that I can do that stops me from overeating? I let my creative inspiration guide me here and the answer that comes up isbrush my teeth! When I brush my teeth, I stop eating because I don’t want to mess up my clean teeth. So my micro resolution in January is going to be to brush my teeth after lunch. It will take me roughly a week to recollect to try this (with sticky notes everywhere) and I will make sure there is a toothbrush and paste in every lavatory, it won't hit much resistance other wise. I haven’t said to myself that I can not eatall I have claimed is “just brush my teeth after lunch.”
I've made a catalogue of micro-resolutions by month for this next year, and I've also given myself permission to change the order or substitute something else if creative inspiration strikes again. My across-the-board resolutions are to shed the pounds, get into shape, and be more profitable with my time.
Okay, so now it's your turn!
What are your GIGANTIC aspirations and what micro resolutions are you going to create for them?
Gia Combs-Ramirez is an expert at energy healing and developer of the Crystal Consciousness System. She's just finished a 2012 Energy Guide to help navigate 2012 with larger success. Learn more at http://scienceofenergyhealing.com
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