It seems to me that New Years Resolutions are a lot about just hoping it happens. Everyone talks about them from say Dec 21st-ish until about January 10th ish and then everyone goes back to doing what theyve been doing. Sound familiar? Be honest. The reason change doesnt happen is we dont have a strategy for creating the change. This is a set-up for sabotage in my opinion.

For a long time I wrote out my resolutions every year, but it never really worked for me.. I wasnt really jazzed by my resolutions. Honestly, I usually felt like a big, fat, failure Oh, these things again exactly what I couldnt get done last year. I never really looked at them; they sorda bothered me probably because they seemed like obligations rather than exciting desires.

Then I was introduced to the idea of creating a 1 year vision instead of making resolutions. This visioning wasnt just about shoulds, but about what I really WANTED. (I think I was a little afraid to make that claim in the past). It was a holistic way of looking at what I wanted my career, family, friends, health, personal time and money desires. I started to get it all of it works together. Each area isnt independent; if one area suffers the whole picture (which I realized was my life) was being affected in some way.

The best thing about ENVISIONING the year was that to see it, I had to FEEL it. Whoa. I noticed that I wasnt really giving myself much credit for what I could actually get done in a year. I was locked into a yearly routine that I had been living out for a long time. But having to create a vision of what the year would look like allowed me to start to GO BIG. Seasonal sections dropped and my energy un- blocked. My creative side started going crazy and I really took the time to SEE.

The 1 year vision was a way for me to tap into what I REALLY wanted. My heart beats a little faster after I read it and I feel a tingle in my stomach. Now THAT is energy that my yearly list of resolutions cant create. (By the way, my vision stays with me more on a daily basis because of this feeling, rather than just sitting in my sock drawer.)

Another trick I use is I write it in the present tense... same day, one year later. For this year my 1 year vision read 2007 and as I read it back to myself I was reading about all the things Id ALREADY accomplished in my career, my new marriage, my family, my friends, my money over the past year (which of course havent actually happened yet).

Try it and really FEEL what it is like when you read it back to yourself. It is a great step to beginning to align your heart, your head and your body it is a pull into action. It is also about building a bridge of trust; that you do know what you want and how to go about getting it.