Here we are, safe and sound, sliding into 2022. I’m a lot of things at this time of year. I bet you are too, so let’s crack on. It’s very exciting. In the time we have together today, I’m going to use my favorite part of myself to illustrate the importance of keeping your eye on a New Year’s intention – the writer.
She is a keen and thoughtful observer, who is truly at the core of everything I do; she lovingly mentors all the other parts of me into fruition. We all have just as many parts of ourselves that have been trained since childhood to keep our eyes on our resolutions, but the goal here today is to seal in the potential success of the new year. We’re going to use words to shift this concept into a powerful super-wave of realized intention.
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“What’s your New Year’s resolution? What are you not going to do any more?” We just get so enthusiastic about that for each other! Are you going to quit smoking? Are you going to stop drinking? Are you going on a diet?
What’s the matter with that? Everything about the words we use! Emotionally, resolutions have come to be about the things we don’t want in our lives anymore, or the things we wish we didn’t think or do. At the core, they are about the things we don’t like about ourselves, or of the mistakes we think we’ve made along the way. Perhaps it does mean a better diet, but it also means that you are starting the year off in total protest of who you are, what you’ve done in your life so far, and the choices you have yet to make. In a way, it’s like starting the year already full of regret.
Wel, fooey! I mean, let’s get to do something really stupid first, before we regret it. We’re missing out on all the fun! To clean our palette, let’s imagine together the stupidest thing we could possibly do.
Wait for it….
Are you laughing yet?! Bet you are! Most of the past things we have done – likely even the things we would normally resolve to never do again – make us laugh when we frame them as the “stupidest thing we could possibly do.” That’s such a valuable part of the human psyche. Yes, we are hardwired to protect ourselves from harm by learning from our transgressions, but we are also hardwired to let things go – equally.
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You’ll notice when you have let a false (negative) interpretation of yourself go if you can laugh about it, and again, I bet you did. You are free now to be and do anything you want. You are not limited by negative self-evaluation. You are not starting in the failure position, which means you are automatically starting out on the right foot.
What is possible now? What is possible if you have a fresh and clean interpretation of yourself? What is possible if you are starting on the right foot – or more precisely, the success position?
The writer part of me is loving this dialogue already. I am imagining us having a real-time coffee date together, and laughing about all the stupid things we have done. Story after story, we’d be rolling in the aisles. Remember that time? Of course you do! Remember that time? Arrrrrgh… of course you do too! We probably even have a few of the same t-shirts to prove it. These are the stories that make it into books! The writer part of me also loves to know how those stories, true or embellished for laughs, will come describe or inspire us.
Now, let’s look at the word resolution together. The root word is resolute, which means to be purposeful, determined and unwavering. This is perfect if you are one of those people who chooses to do something they love as a New Year’s resolution, but that’s not really true for most of us. When we hear New Year’s resolution, we have an unconscious auto response that is “stop… stop doing that!”
And finally, let’s look at the word intention. It simply means to plan with purpose – straight up. Feel that in your body. It’s not a stop. It’s a definite go – and with fervor! It’s complete internal permission, no strings attached. It’s total bliss to feel that phrase “plan with a purpose”, and you don’t even have to know what you’re planning.
Try it out. Go stand in front of the mirror and ask your sweet self: “want to plan something with purpose this afternoon?” Make sure you say it out loud. Your body will answer before your brain does, and it’ll be a definite yes. That’s the purpose of words. They were created to communicate a feeling we wanted to express, to call-out for another the feelings we have inside.
It’s a very powerful reality, and we get to start out the year with that kind of focus, just by asking ourselves that question. As you’re looking in the mirror like that, you can imagine it is your daring self asking your curious self to go on an adventure. As a bonus, ask someone outside of yourself that exact question, and literally watch the yes-energy engage automatically. Words were created to call expression forward, and it works every time.
Every time.
Now it’s time to try it out for yourself.
Keep it simple. What is one of your favorite selves? Pick just one. Picture that person in your mind’s eye. Butcher, baker or candle stick maker, that person is 100% you. That person is everything that you are – past, present and future. Your image of that person simply communicates some details about your whole self so that your mind can move you forward in your life from a solid foundation, like a starting point on a map.
Walk with that person to the mirror, look that person in the eyes and say:
“Hey. Hey You. Want to plan 2002 with purpose?”
I guarantee you do. You are here.
ADRIENNE YEARDYE
Welcome! I’m Adrienne. I am a skier, a Homeopath, and a glass artist. Life itself is my first love.
Wherever I am, I am governed by a thirst for experience, fearlessness, exploration and the incredible feeling of freedom. That place travels with me. In fact, I am pretty sure it is me. Or, maybe it is just my pleasure to give this cocktail of energies big legs and a giant smile.
