I listened in on a coaching call yesterday and walked away with my new motto:

Stop ‘should’ing’ on yourself.

I thought you’d appreciate that. ;)

It’s definitely like that, isn’t it? The more we align with what we really want, the clearer what we really want gets, the more we realize some of the stuff we thought we wanted can just wait…or go away all together! :0)

As far as resolutions go…I feel they’re highly overrated and cause much undo stress. Intention or Inspired Creation on the other hand really turn me on. I can get excited about these every day, not just for New Year’s. Every day is a New Day… Hey! We could start celebrating it just like that! New Day’s Eve (maybe without the champagne *every* night. Well, that’s none of my business, your choice) would bring awareness to the ending of one cycle and the birth of another. New Day’s Day is every day, shiny, bright, and filled w/spectacular promise and possibility…a whole new day to live an inspired life! …and then it’s New Day’s Eve again. Perfect. Very in the moment, don’t you think? :0)

To living in inspired creation every day!
Peace, Love and Harmony… Debra

PS~I feel an inspired blog post coming on… Must. Go. Write. :0)

You know, I’ve aways avoided the whole “making resolutions” thing at New Year’s – it has felt (and continues to feel) so contrived to me. But just like you’ve said – there’s still this part of me that wants to take stock of where I’ve been and give a little consideration to where I’d like to be going. In honor of that, I’m (metaphorically) lifting my glass of champagne: Here’s to the non-resolution-lots-of-gratitude-pressure-free-future-envisioning club…and to projects being born when they are ready…

You know, I continue to be amazed when I see how many people have the same frustrations, fears, desires, etc.!

Really exciting to be able to share it.

And, if we’re motivated enough for change, sometimes attaching our change initiatives to a date can be helpful. But in my experience, it’s not the start date that matters, it’s the end date. And, like you said, then it just becomes a part of the rest of our goals, projects, etc.

re: Havi – you’d better post pics of that tattoo, should it ever come to light… :)

Goals don’t work for me either. I set intentions – intentions about how I want to *be*, not what I want to do or have. Those tend to unfold in pretty amazing ways. And whenever a goal sneaks onto the list, it almost always … doesn’t happen.

Pretty amazing stuff!