You may have a fresh start at any moment you choose, for this thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down. - Mary Pickford
Late last January, I made this blog entry: "Aunt Sandi Says is off to a slow start for 2012. But . . . I am resolved to renew my blogging."
The first 8 months of the year I managed 17 blog entries. Not too spectacular. I gained some momentum in September and - 41 entries later - I have a total of 58 for the year. (image from www.123rf.com)
The beginning is always today. - Mary Shelley
I have to admit a feel a little bit proud of myself. Not because I wrote over 50 entries (some people write 365!). Not because the entries I did write were all that significant or profound. Because I kept at it - even when I felt like a failure for not writing in my blog for weeks at a time.
Be willing to be a beginner every single morning. - Meister Eckhart
What really helped me get going again was picking a day for a fresh start. I selected the first day of Autumn, and set a goal to make some sort of blog entry every day until my birthday on October 8. Once I succeeded in achieving that goal, my blog entries were more frequent for the remainder of the year. (image from http://livingwithra-nan.blogspot.com)
Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet? - L. M. Montgomery
With the end of 2012 only hours away, many people are thinking about a fresh start in 2013. But, January 1 is only one of over 300 days that have the potential to be a fresh start for me - or for you. The first day of Autumn worked well for me. The first day of Spring may work well for someone else. A birthday or holiday might be good - or the day after a birthday or holiday. Any day is a good day for a fresh start, and each of us can have up to 365 every year. (image from www.123rf.com)
I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible. - Oprah Winfrey
Where in my life would I like to make a fresh start today? Hmmmm. Renewing my job search? Keeping in touch with friends and family? Having a neater and better organized home? If I sit quietly for a few minutes, and if I'm honest with myself, I know I will come up with an achievable goal just like I did the first day of Autumn. And, this is not a one-time, one-goal deal! Who knows where I'll go next? (image from http://livingwithra-nan.blogspot.com)
I like this entry, Sandi!! Very positive and important for EVERYONE. I like the quotes and the pictures and the writing. However, the final picture scares me. I hope your fresh start is not taking you away to Sedona. That's too far. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI agree... life is full of fresh starts, even though it's often hard to think of them as such. I'm seriously looking forward to a "real" fresh start when I retire... a fresh start on a second "career" in photography, a fresh start with new scenery and new places to photograph (I'm planning to move to Roseburg), and a fresh start at simply enjoying each day to the fullest, rather than spending my time behind a desk doing what someone ELSE wants me to do!
ReplyDeleteI hope the new year brings you all the things you want, and you achieve your goals, but remember to take time to just slow down and smell the roses!