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January 01, 2006
Resolution Two
How's it going? Picked a resolution yet to use the learning steps on:
• Deciding what you want
• Visualizing it happening
• Affirming that it’s happened
• Finding the match to make it happen based on your needs
• Now do it
Sometimes, lots of times, I have to visualize and affirm a great deal, especially if it's an area where I have lots of old negative baggage, but if I keep at the new activity every day it will happen.
Yesterday I used my new DVD and exercised. I didn't exercise very long. It wasn't perfect. It wasn't even pretty, but I did it. You can too.
As of this morning I'm adding one more resolution to my agenda. I had a phone call at 9:15 today, Sunday, New Year's Day telling me I hadn't paid an account. Now I'm very good at paying my bills so this was a real surprise. Could I owe it? Maybe. I do buy things at this store. Do I know the people who called? No. Do I want my credit hit if the bill is late? No.
These folks wanted my bank card number and the number on the back. When I said no I'd pay it with the charge card from the store they said no, they couldn't accept it. When I asked for a copy of the bill they couldn't fax it to me. It's New Year's Day and no way to check. I didn't give it to them. I'll check on it Tuesday.
But-I've known for a while I need to keep better tabs on my expenditures. So I'm going to go back through my little process and figure out a better system to keep track.
One more new learning experience.
My point this week is simply that adults learn too. Kids are often easy and quick learners. Adults may have a harder time just because we are somewhat set in our ways. I know that's hard to believe, and maybe it's just me who needs dynamite to blast me out of my routine. It's hard to change, but given motivations that work for us, we can be just as ready to learn something new as the toddler taking those first few steps.
Have a great year learning all kinds of new and interesting things.
Posted by Dr Joni at January 1, 2006 09:21 AM