As we cycle out of another frantic, holiday season, the concept of a new year’s resolution, or many for that matter, prepares us for the possibility of a “success versus failure” paradigm. How about taking a new approach this year? Instead of trying to “resolve” a past mishap, or bad habit, with a resolution, why not rejuvenate what made us successful and prosperous in 2022. The onset of a new year introduces inspired hope and renewed promises, and yet, we seem to easily forget the “good” from the past year to focus on the “bad” in need of improvement.
We know for certain that the upcoming year will not be perfect. Unlike our astrology horoscopes, which seem, more often than not, to incite the positives of wealth, love and fortune, each new year offers a new set of unexpected challenges. Some of those challenges are unfortunately tragic, while others are surprisingly inspiring and motivational. However, should we not seek to find balance between the “ying and yang” of our new calendar year? Have we underestimated the educational value of understanding the balance, especially when we seek to maximize goals and aspirations at the beginning of every new year?
Work, friendships, recreation, and health are the same priorities we uphold from year to year. We stress the need to improve our health. We push the need to travel more. We repeat the need to find more time for recreation. And rather pragmatically, albeit coincidentally, we obsess over the need to make more money to fund such dreams. But is it personally beneficial to set such lofty expectations for perfection in each of these categories, especially at the beginning of the new year? And is it a wonder why almost 75% of people off load their new year’s resolutions by the onset of the Spring season.
In the roller coaster ride of a real estate career, realtors attempt to temper their work expectations by leveraging it against a guarantee of steady income. And in doing so, they are automatically programmed to find a balance between saving for a rainy day, or investing for a brighter future. Why not rejuvenate, then, the success of the past by revisiting positive, success stories for the purpose of building new ones with confidence? Success is often as contagious as failure, so why see a past year as one full of regrets and in need of improvements, when those improvements are building blocks for success in the following year?
Just some food for some early “New Year’s” thought….
