Instead of New Years’ Resolutions, I recommend Soul Resolutions this Year!
How many times have you committed to new year’s resolutions only to find that the new year has barely begun and by January 5th, the 10th or maybe, if you’re lucky by February 1st, you have broken all of your promises to yourself. Looking ahead at every new year like a blank canvas, where all things are still possible and where you safely project all your hopes of a better future with more success, better discipline and all annoying issues resolved has become your yearly beacon of hope.
Having failed, yet again, you sink back into your behavioral slump, maybe interrupted by a quick stunt in mid-June (just in time to get in shape for bikini season), just to wait again for the New Year to roll around with the offer of its immaculately clean canvas.
If this strategy is not working for you, and really, as an old soul there is no shame in admitting that (you have been at it for a few thousand years), I recommend you change your approach.
A few years ago, I was caught in the vicious cycle of New Year’s resolutions myself.
Not too impressed by my progress, to say the least, I boycotted New Year’s resolutions all together, since they really always ended up making me feel horrible about myself. In the beginning, I just skipped them without replacement.
It was a relief, since I got to skip the whole self-loathing portion of the cycle.
After a while, I noticed the desire for self-improvement in certain areas nudge me first quietly than more noisily until I paid attention.
So I sat myself down to strategize a plan that would work in the long run.
One thing I knew for certain was that I did not intend to drag certain soul/karmic patterns with me for the next ten lifetimes.
There was the heavy burden of chronic soul guilt and the trauma from 1372 and the unresolved heartache with my twin flame and my rejection of earthly matters to name a few.
So I came up with some soul resolutions. I was going to take whatever steps necessary for the rest of this life to resolve as many karmic issues as possible and to put down the burdens and heal the trauma.
Good news, I can do the work throughout the year, as I become aware of it and if I miss a few weeks of intense application it doesn’t matter since I am working towards a larger goal.
Another benefit I found is that the soul resolutions don’t change from year to year like my ego/personality New Year’s Resolutions did.
When I fall of the wagon, it is easy to get back on reminding myself that I am really already tired of these circumstances and that I do not wish to drag them with me into any future lifetimes!
If nothing else, I recommend trying a new approach. What do you have to lose?
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