5 Great plans for 2015

We always start our new year’s full of plans, dreams and aspirations.

2014 for so many was a year of immense challenges and also much hardship. Trials, tribulations, and some hard life lessons.  I, like so many of us, am speaking from experience.

So what can we do, now, in this moment, to begin to change our courses for 2015? To dust ourselves off and carry onwards? I have 5 tips for you

Hold a post-mortem – identify what didn’t work in 2014 – make changes, eliminate but do not repeat them! How did your life shine? What made it shine? What is still holding you back? Have your beliefs, habits and ways of accomplishing tasks – professional and household, kept up with the times? Are you efficient? With a brutally honest swot assessment of your life you can now guide the implementation of any improvements that need to occur within your life.

Stand out – find your niche and distinguish your individualism! 2015 is a year to do things differently. Get out of your rut, leave your comfort zone, and innovate. This year is about new ideas, new ways of doing things and new processes. Stretch your wings and stretch your abilities. Explore greatness.

To take care of yourself, your family, your home, your business, you need to take care of yourself. Spend time focussing on your personal goals. Eat well. Exercise. Get enough sleep, have alone time for meditation, reflection, or simply solitary indulgence. You deserve this and in fact your body demands this if you want it to perform at its peak!

Be positive and be present. How many times do you drive to work, to drop the kids at school, to visit your boyfriend or girlfriend, and only once you reach your destination do you realise that you have no recollection of how you got there! This is because we have trained our minds to focus on our destination, not on how we get there. While focussing on where you want to end up in life is vital, what you do along the way is even more important. We are so quick to focus on the negative. Let’s be mindful, be positive and let’s make the leap to positivity!