New Year!!...New Me!!

   The New Year is right around the corner. Will you spend the next month trying to decide how to be better? Wishing for a change that will surely make you a happier, healthier, more focused person? Mapping out New Year’s resolutions and hoping you’ll be able to stick to them? I’ve done that in the past – haven’t we all?


    Well this year I want to do it the same way but I'll just add something I haven't done before like having a throwback. This year I want to spend January remembering what I’ve done right and what I love about myself. This year I want to resolve to strengthen what is already strong. To focus on the best parts of my today and hope for more of those in the future.

     Another thing that I want to do this year are the 5 STOPS.  (I'd read/got these 5 STOPS thingy from the book FILOA of GeArra, an author) First STOP, Stop focusing on what you don't want to happen. This year I'll try to focus on what I want to happen. Positive thinking is at the forefront of every great story of success. Second STOP, Stop holding grudges. What I mean here is I'll try not to live my life with hate in my heart. I know that I'll end up hurting myself more than the people I hate. As they said, "Forgiveness is the answer". I'll let go and find peace!!. Third STOP, Stop berating myself for old mistakes. Yes, we all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. This new year is another chance to make and change my day and my future. Fourth STOP, Stop being scared to make mistake. I'll give it a try to everything in this world this 2015. If not, I'll just end up regretting the things I did not do far more than the things I did. Last STOP, Stop trying to hold on to  the past. I can't start the next chapter of my life if I kept on re-reading my last one. It's okay to have a throwback but I'll always remember that we're not living in the past but in the present and there's still the what they call the future.

    As David K. Williams points out in his article on Forbes.com, it's not always easy to stick to the goals I set on January 1 - but the important thing is to keep trying. I'll do my best not to give in or quit, I'll always keep going until the year ends. I hope that this goals of mine for this year will improve my life.