Keeping Those New Year’s Resolutions Alive

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re more than a month into the new year. How are you doing on your New Year’s Resolutions? If you’re like most of us, you’ve hit some bumps in the road. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maybe you’ve lacked consistency. Maybe you’re feeling discouraged. Or maybe you’re feeling like you bit off more than you can chew and you’re ready to throw in the towel. To that, I say NO WAY! Reject-delete that idea.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You started out with a clean slate and a lot of excitement and momentum...and now it’s getting really tough. Why? Because our old neurological patterns typically outperform that desire to create change.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But that doesn’t mean those patterns can’t be changed. It just means that wishing for them to change is not enough. We have to take action.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So today we’re talking about how to keep going when the going gets tough. No, it’s not just you. Anyone who is trying to make changes has the same uphill battle. The key is to keep taking action consistently and repeatedly.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When you’re trying to implement new habits and reach goals…</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Remember that you’re dealing with old programming that was handed down to you. Though it was imparted to you with the best of intentions, some of it likely needs to be changed. “Putting self first” is a relatively new idea that we all need to adopt so that we can, first, be our best and, then, bring our best to the world. We’ll serve best when we are at our best. And that means putting you first.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">You’ve got to remember that creating new patterns and habits means creating new pathways in the brain. You’re running against the ingrained neurology and patterns that you’ve been running for years. To get out of those