Continuing on yesterday’s topic about making Real Resolutions I read a great article on resolutions that backs up everything I said and more. Read Expert urges commitment and setting realistic goals to succeed to gain a fuller picture of how you can make resolutions for this year that will work for you. I suggest setting up a specific goal or project journal as a great way to measure your success with your goals for 2009. Please leave any comments in the section below.
Heather
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It’s that time of year when people start thinking about naming resolutions to make for the coming new year. I know what usually happens around our place when it comes to resolutions, most likely the same thing that happens to your resolutions; they go nowhere. Good intentions are a great place to start, but this is where most resolutions end. So, how do we get ourselves over that obstacle of intent & turn it into action?
I believe your journal holds the key. The end of the year is a perfect time to spend rereading your journal, in particular this past …read more

The task of rereading your journals is best left to when you have some free time available. You don’t want to be pressed to get them read between lunch and dinner if you’re the cook, chief bottler-washer and have to get the kids bathed and to bed afterwards, too. Holidays are a great time for committing to rereading your journals. You should be able to really sink down into them, not be worried about what time dinner is on and have no plans to go out that night, either. The time you’ll need to reread is another good reason not …read more

Another useful technique to use in your journal writing is Dialogues. This technique is similar to the unsent letter or letter to your future self, except you also write the response from the person you are addressing. Another difference is that you don’t even have to dialogue with an actual person. You might choose to speak, or write, back and forth with an event, a part of your inner self, a memory, a part of your body or a non-existent person such as a sage or wise counsellor who passes on words of wisdom.
The first time I encountered this technique …read more