I know we all make plans or promises to ourselves that this new year will be different. This is the year for change but most of us look up five years later and things are pretty much the same. It’s not that we don’t want to be different, most desire to be better, but life can be mundane and comfortable, so we don’t make much effort in the new year to be any different than we were in the previous year.

So here we go again another opportunity to be who we might have been, but will this year be any better than last year or, the last five? I know you are ready, you told yourself a million times that you are going to actually make the necessary changes this year. It always starts strong in the beginning of the sparkling new year. You make the plans, even write it down. Focused, but somehow by the end of January, or February, the motivation for change seems to lack and the comfortable slides securely back in. You binge watch your favorite old shows or finding new exciting ones to watch, scrolling through all the cool talented creations and fascinating lives of others. All the while daydreaming that you wish you could also do that. It doesn’t matter who you are, this behavior can get the best of all of us. The question is how do you change it? How do you get to the part of action in your life and not just standing by?

Not everyone has a goal, some are happy to wander aimlessly through life, and that is acceptable but for those who have goals but simply don’t know how to start, I think the answer is simple. Begin. Decide who you are and be it.  If you are a painter, paint. If you are a chef, cook. If you are a writer, write.

If your desire is strong, if that dream is persistence. If you have a goal that has been in the back of your mind for all your adult life. Don’t be afraid to imagine what your life would look like if you were able to be that person. Don’t ignore the dream that has been placed on your life, it is yours for a reason. No one else will be able to accomplish your dream for you and no one else can take your dream from you. If everyone in the world followed their talents, we would all be more fulfilled as a society.

Let this be the year that you achieve what you know is achievable. Decide that the life you want is worth the effort. Turn off the devices. Do not overthink what you want to do, have the idea, and make it a reality. Creativity begets creativity, you cannot deplete it, but it requires starting.  Not thinking about starting; doing. Small efforts lead to major life changes. It doesn’t happen overnight but the more small steps you take, the easier the journey.