Better Year, Better Life, Better You – 52 Weeks of Small Important Changes

Hello, everyone - and welcome to my new blog! I hope I'll be able to provide you with posts each week that you find interesting enough that you will return for the next "installment". My plan (oh, dear ... a plan already???) ... is to post what I consider to be a small but important "change" each week-end that we can all make in our lives without a lot of effort , and then expand on my thoughts about this change during the following week.

Of course, not every change will be a change for you - if you're already doing it!! :)

Everyone knows that the New Year is the time for making changes in our lives. New Year’s Resolutions. Ah, yes, we all know how well THOSE turn out! So why do we continue to try something every year that so obviously … to the point that it has become a joke … does not work?

Let’s try something new this year. Let’s try making some very small changes in our lives each week of the year, instead of resolving to make big changes at the beginning of the year. These changes will be so small that they will not drastically affect your daily “routine” in any way. But by the end of the year, you will be able to look back and realize what huge changes they have made in your life!

These changes revolve around concepts such as the development of meditative practices, time management, simplifying your life, becoming more selfless, more aware, and more in tune with the world around you. These changes will make your life fuller and more complete. They will bring you closer to your family, your friends, yourself. They will bring you more in touch with your body, your mind, and your spirit. They will give you more time to do the things you want to do and help you rid yourself of bad habits. They will make your life simpler and more joyful, yet filled with a joy that will send your life in new directions.

Most of these changes are nothing new. You’ve read about them before in books, or seen them on television shows or self-help websites, CDs and DVDs. The difference here is that we are going to focus on one small change each week. We are going to build on that change the next week with another small change, and another small change the next week, and so on. These changes are going to build on each other like building blocks. These changes are designed to be permanent changes in your life.

Don’t even think about stopping any of these changes until you have done them for at least six months. If you can take any one of these changes and do it faithfully every day for six months, and then honestly say that the change has made no improvement in your life, then fine, stop doing it! But it is unlikely that you will find that to be the case.

Thanks for being here and now!