Thoughts on Change

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

-James Allen

First off a Happy Holiday to all as I get ready to sign off for the weekend. I hope that each and every one of you enjoy the holiday season and get to spend time with your family and friends. There is no greater gift. My thoughts today waver on changes in our lives. All of us (or most of us) see something in ourselves that we would like to change. With the new year we make it our goal of the moment to change that quality or characteristic of our life, body, mind, etc.. However, we rarely make the calculated moves to achieve that goal or change that characteristic within ourselves. If we really would like to change our circumstances then why are we not willing to step out of our comfort zone and face a bit of uncertainty and discomfort. This in all reality is what is stopping the vast majority of us from getting that better job, feeling better about ourselves, asking out our crush or conquering any other of life's various challenges.

So today (not New Year's Eve) make a plan. Make a plan for change and if you're not sure how to achieve your goal put that into your plan. Plan to ask for help in making the short-term goals and steps to reaching your ultimate goal. Focus on making yourself accountable because you'll be much more prone to do something out of your comfort box if someone else is going to be there waiting or is ready to call you out if you happen to be slacking. Again, make the plan today not tomorrow... If you wait until tomorrow, tomorrow will become the next day, next week, next month, next year. Don't wait.

Change starts now.

Jason