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“Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.” – Francis Quarles
The countdown to January 2014 is on, and this is such a powerful month for so many reasons. The winter, and December in particular, can bring on feelings of overwhelm, confusion, and uncertainty.
The colder weather and time change force us inside both figuratively and literally, making it hard to escape many of the realities we try to avoid throughout the year.
However, December can also be a month of deep reflection, and it’s historically been a time where life can be re-assessed.
My end of the year practice for closing out 2013 is founded on what I call the three R’s:
Do Resolve
(settle or find a solution to)
Become Resolute
(admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering)
Find Resolution
(a firm decision to do or not to do something)
The first step is to resolve anything that doesn’t serve you from 2013. Most of us have leftover baggage that weighs us down, but we often don’t even realize we’re carrying it. Overtime we adapt to how we feel, and forget to assess the contents of what we’re dragging around. Take a good, hard look at your life and pick at least three issues or feelings that you will not need in the coming year.
The next step is to become resolute about what you want to resolve. You probably say you’re going to do things all the time, but find that you let them slip through the cracks. This step of becoming resolute is the very reason most resolutions are not successfully fulfilled after the new year. Write the issues you want to resolve on a piece of paper and keep it close by. Meditate on them, hire someone to help you resolve them, and really devote the time necessary to fully engage with what you want to work on letting go of.
Lastly you will want to make your resolutions. These can stem from the very things you have chosen to resolve or they can be new resolutions that you want to put into practice for 2014. If you are resolving left-over resentment for being treated badly by a friend, than perhaps your resolution will be to take better care of yourself next year. Or, picking something entirely unrelated can give you a nice, fresh start. Perhaps you want to start a daily gratitude practice or try something you’ve never done every month.
Give yourself the gift of freedom by choosing to let go of what doesn’t serve you, and re-commit to yourself and you’re own personal healing.
