New Year....New beginnings!!

Well, 2008 has come and gone and it's now time to think about making some New Year's resolutions for 2009! I, myself have always felt hopeful about the new year because it always gives me a chance to start over with a clean slate...a new beginning!

This year, I'm hoping to be able to get my finances in order, start getting healthy and taking better care of myself and to finally begin planning and executing a beginning to my business. I have finally figured out what I want to do and slowly I have been trying to figure out what comes next. I felt so confused at first because I thought I was supposed to go in one direction but in fact, I never felt comfortable with it. Instead, I started delving into my surroundings...what I felt really comfortable with and what I absolutely LOVED to do...only to discover that I had been doing a lot of those things already!

I realized that all along, I had been doing all the things that make me feel really in control...comfortable and confident that I know what I'm doing. But rather than look at it discouragingly...like I had been wasting a lot of time and effort with it...I started looking at everything that I have done in my past and present as a training period. All the volunteer work that I have been doing was all to gain some experience. Experience I would normally have had to get elsewhere and may have taken a different route. Instead, I built up my experience and comfort zone by helping out, and working hands on and building up my self confidence. For that, I'm very happy.

I like to look at all the things that I have done with my life as on the job training for what I want to do with my life and yes, I'm still discovering things about myself and am still learning but at least, now, I have a direction to go towards. I'm excited to see how far I get this year with wanting to get my business up and off the ground.

One of the exciting things that I have learned too is from the Fast Track forum that I belong to...I've learned to view things a whole lot differently than what it looks like. To actually take a whole new perspective on things...things aren't always what they seem. I have loved that forum from the moment I joined it because it was exactly what I needed to help me through...they have encouraged me, helped me discover things about myself that I wasn't aware of and have made me feel like I can honestly do anything I want to...I love that! I have never felt this way before...it's exciting to discover that I'm still learning things about myself, every day...and that's ok!

People, these days, are always in such a big hurry...I'm guilty of that too....but if we slow down long enough, you can discover some pretty incredible things about yourself...if you let it happen. I've unearthed some pretty interesting things about myself but I know that it's my journey and no one else's. No one out there will have the same life I do...no one will have the same people in there lives I do...and that there is only one me...so I get to call the shots in this one! That's ok by me!

Happy New Year everyone....hope that you all make some changes in your lives....some may be small but change is change and no matter how big or small...as long as it makes a difference somewhere...that's what matters because the world has to evolve. It can't stay the same or else it would grow stagnant!

Here's to change!