January 2. Time for New Year’s Resolutions, right? Maybe not. The past few years I have made very simple resolutions. One year it was to have more fun; one year to dance more; one year to become more active. As I contemplated goals and resolutions for 2012, I thought I might try something different this year, inspired by two blogs I love.
On Zen Habits, Leo writes about giving up goals. This idea makes me uneasy. Isn’t conventional wisdom that unless you have a goal, you will not achieve it? Leo claims you can achieve just as much, maybe more, without goals.
In that spirit, I thought rather than making goals for 2012, I could use a process I found on another blog I love, The Fluent Self. Havi has a practice of saying hello to each month. I used some of her prompts to say hello to the last few months of 2011, and found it so helpful, I’m doing it for 2012 too. I like it because it’s a way of having intentions about a month (or year) while staying open to what comes.
Here are some prompts to consider if you want to say hello to 2012.
How I would like to describe 2012
How I would like to remember 2012
What I am looking forward to
What I am feeling anxious about
What I would like to give 2012
What I would like to receive
And because I can't quite give up resolutions, I have still made one very simple one, which is to focus on staying in the moment more.
How do you approach a new year?
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