The beginning of a new year, a time to restart the list of goals yet to be achieved – a time for some people to make a new person out of themselves. I am not one of those people, I don’t want a new me, I like me.  I am a constantly making new goals for my life throughout the year  so no thanks to New Year’s Resolutions. However, one thing that I am constantly refining is how I want to feel. I realized that while writing some goals during 2012 that throughout my sentences was more about how I wanted to feel about the situation more than the situation it self.

Going through some past journal entries I came across this one from just a couple of months ago about what my life will look like at the end of 2013 and right there in the middle of traveling to far off lands and enjoying exciting dinners I wrote this:

I feel valued: because I’m considered an expert, my ideas are taken seriously, I am able to motivate and inspire them that they’ll create exceptional outcomes in business and life, and I share and communicate to others and feel valued and appreciated.

I feel intellectual: I understand the creative process but also the the need to run a tight ship in a business setting. I am able to recommend products, services, and programs that will streamline and make them more efficient. 

Isn’t that powerful?!

I then understood that the feelings dictate so much more than the goal it self – it means it can be applied to everything I do in my life – once I know how I want to feel. I can align everything up to whether my actions will bring me closer to the feelings I desire!

When December 31, 2013 rolls around, have you thought about how you want to feel? Do you want to feel happy, accomplished, recognized, traveled, loved, settled, on-track? Take some time this week and really think about how you want to feel, it will truly change the way you life this year!