Happy New Year!
Has the new year started out fresh and new for you? We all tend to get energized by the change in the calendar year. Some look at new resolutions and others at setting new goals. New years resolutions are typically trying to change something you don't like about yourself by forcing abstinence from it. The meaning of resolution is the process of resolving something, a firm decision to "do" something. The meaning of a goal is something that someone wants to achieve. So whether you are resolving something or wanting to achieve something, both are focused on "doing".
This year, I have committed to "being". Who are you "being" this year? How are you showing up in the world? Can you bring your whole self to a job search? to a project at work, to what's going on at home? If we are focused on changing things on the outside it may distract us from being who we are on the inside. What are our inside strengths? How can we use them to make this year a fulfilling one? If you not sure of your internal strengths there is a great website www.authentichappiness.com that offers free questionaires that will help you discover your inner strengths. Take the questionaire "VIA survey of Character strengths". You will get your top 24 internal strengths after you complete the survey. What are your top 5? Are you living in those? Who are you sharing those strengths with? How can your inside strengths help you in your job? In your personal life? Focusing on your core strengths will help you "Be" in the new year, showing up fully and whole in everything you "do" this year.
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