A friend of mine listed eight ways she wanted to
change in 2016. Eight good and valiant endeavors such as; halting her tendency
to doubt herself, stop being afraid of failure, prohibit procrastination and, that
her desire to please people would cease. These are good changes to make. But
the fact that she may hope to make all of them immediately is doomed to failure
before the year even begins. This is because no one can change themselves that
quickly.
However, if you also made eight similar resolutions for
2016, don’t discard them as unrealistic goals. Keep them. Practice them one at
a time for 1.5 months each. After practicing the first goal for that long, it
should become routine. Then move on to the next one. When the clock strikes
midnight on January 1, 2017, the goals you made at the beginning of the year may
just become routine. Then you would be well on your way to reaching your goals.
