Planning for a New Year

The new year is just a day away and I wanted to offer a few quick and simple things you can do to mentally, spiritually, physically and emotionally prepare for the coming year. If you are going to bring in the New Year at a party, church or home alone, doing one of these easy activities will surely make a difference for your upcoming year. Check them out!

Practice Gratitude: Take a moment to write or silently reflect on all the things that 2019 brought you. Be thankful for all the experiences: those you judge as good and those you experience as bad. Focus on what you learned that will help carry you into a successful 2021. What did you learn in 2020 that you did not know before? How does this knowing make you better? Say “Thank you” for all that you have learned. Celebrate your growth!

Sage: Saging your home is also known as smudging. Its roots are in Native American, African, and Indian cultures and traditions. Saging offers a way to cleanse a person, thought, illness, or negative energies and influences from your person or space. The theory behind saging is that the smoke attaches itself to negative energy and as it clears, it takes the negative energy with it. Saging is about removing negative energy, experiences, thoughts, or people from your space, consequently you must ensure the negativity has a place to exit. Therefore, open a window or a door whenever you sage your space. Also, before you begin to sage, you want to begin with a set intention. What are you inviting into your space? What are you removing from your space?

Set Goals and Intentions: Write a list of goals that you have for the upcoming year. Be sure not to write too many complicated goals. Write a few simple things that you would like to accomplish in the coming year and ensure your goals are measurable. Include all the important areas of your life: health, finances, work, relationships, and personal goals. A goal might be “Raise my credit by 40 points,” “Go on at least three dates a month,” “Take a trip abroad,” or “Apply for two new jobs a week” or “Resume writing in my journal nightly.” I suggest you write two goals in each category. As you accomplish your goal, cross it off the list. 

Pray: For the last three years, I have begun each year with prayer and meditation and it has been a powerful, energetic experience. I strongly recommend it. I know, it is a strong juxtaposition to those who are going to be shouting, partying, and kissing the moment the clock strikes twelve, but it is something that I have adopted into my yearly practice and I enjoy the benefits. As the year changes, I like to be still and I like to be quiet. Perhaps this isn’t for you; but, it is something I recommend everyone try at least once. Take a moment to get still with yourself. What do you hear? What do you know? What do you feel?

If you are looking to make some radical shifts in 2021, B. Well offers excellent coaching and challenges you to move your life toward more mental, emotional, spiritual and physical well-being. Remember, life does not get better by chance; it gets better by choice, it gets better by change! God bless you in 2021 and always. Happy New Year!

Joyfully,

Dr. Adrianne R. Pinkney,

Integrative Wellness & Life Coach

Source: bwellcoach.com