IT’S MID-JANUARY and the puritanical glow of New Year’s Resolutions has worn off, correct?
Or perhaps you never felt it to begin with.
Common problem these days: After enough Information Overload avalanching our way, paralysis sets in and we end up doing . . . umm, nothing. We stay in the same ruts and fail to live our dreams.
Sad state of affairs.
Ready, Aim, Fire Me Up Already!
I’ve culled what I consider to be the best three mental and emotional attitudes you’ll need in 2009. Apply these to your own personal list of dreams and goals and this is guaranteed to blast you out of those old ruts—one tiny stick of dynamite at a time.
(Hint: If you don’t have a list of dreams and goals yet, try this: Writers’ Resolutions for 2009: Do It the Fun Way!)
Below are the basics for success. You can adopt one or use all three combined.
Bookmark this article so you can return for a refresher whenever you need one.
Tip #1: Do It In 90!
—from Jeff Herring, The Internet Article Guy
“Choose something that you would like to accomplish or change within the next 90 days. Ninety days is a much more manageable length of time than a year and allows us to enjoy reaching our goals more often.
What would you like to accomplish in the next 90 days?
“Once you have answered that question, here are 10 steps to get you there.”
Read the full article here, at Jeff Herring’s Great Article Marketing Blog:
Milli’s Remarks
After reading this great advice from Jeff, I added a new section to my writing goals at SuperViva.com, entitled My 90-Day Goals Jan 1 – March 30, 2009.
My writing goals were already—for me—very exciting and motivational. But after adding this, I now have the time frames for my priorities clearly spelled out.
90 days from now my first screenplay will be finished and entered in the contest of my dreams!
Tip #2: How to Get Everything You Want In 24 Hours
—from Michael Murray, AcidAlkalineDiet.com: Optimal Health with Alkaline Foods
“I’ll admit the title of this post is a bit misleading. It reads like you can get everything you want ‘in under 24 hours’ but that’s not what I mean by it. I used this title to not only get your attention but to demonstrate the POWER of this statement if you fully grasp it.
“In order for you to accomplish anything in life you have to learn the power of INCREMENTAL SUCCESS. Let me explain how it works…”
Read the full article here, at AcidAlkalineDiet.com:
Milli’s Remarks
I heartily agree with Michael. There’s really no mystique to living your dreams.
Everything I’ve achieved with my book, newsletter and Website, the online course and workshops for writers, self-learning screenwriting at the age of 47, etc. etc. is based on living this simple principle.
Tip #3: First Be & Then Do
—from Andrea Hess, Intuitive Consultant
“Pick just one thing – yes, it can be your ‘big’” thing. Then ask yourself: Who will I have to BE to attract and manifest this into my life?
“This is the question that really matters. Usually when we have a goal or intention, we think about what we will have to DO to create it. But if our Being-ness is not in alignment with our goal, then we can do all we want. No amount of doing creates a goal if the energetic resonance of our Being does not also support that goal. And action always arises out of our state of Being … so we might as well start there.
“So pick just one thing off your list of resolutions for 2009. Who will you have to become to align your state of Being with that outcome?”
Read the full article here, at the Empowered Soul blog:
A New Perspective for New Year’s Resolutions
Courtesy of Andrea Hess, Intuitive Consultant
Please visit Andrea’s web site, Empowered Soul, for a free sample reading.
Milli’s Remarks
Wow, this was one I’d forgotten.
Being a highly motivated person by nature, I can get a lot done just by checking off my many To-Do Lists. How much more effective—not to mention happy!—will I become if I remember to put being ahead of achievement?
Reading this advice from Andrea has inspired me to start adding a “state of being” mission statement to my SuperViva writing goals.
Here’s the one I’ve kicked off with, which is posted under my major writing goal for the first 90 days of 2009.
Goal: Enter the 2009 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards by 3/27/09
The “state of being” I want to cultivate for this VIG (Very Important Goal):
–> Confidence in my writing abilities
–> Be enough of a morning person to equal time gained, not time pressure
–> Be reasonably ruthless about ignoring email and Internet habits (as well as perceived obligations to others) that can fritter away my precious writing time
–> Pace myself, get plenty of rest (and take some bubble baths!)—this is a 90-day haul
–> Have fun doing it!
Thank you for reading my blog . . . now go get ’em in 2009!
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Have any of these ideas inspired or assisted you? If so, please leave a comment!
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RELATED TOPIC: Writers’ Resolutions for 2009: Do It the Fun Way!
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IMAGE: “Do It In 90!” was created by Milli Thornton using Facebook’s fun Graffiti app
