Nothing Has Changed Except You

As I turned the calendar over from December 2020 to January 2021, I did so with a sense of relief. I’m sure many of you feel the same.

But really, what has changed?

Yes, there is the symbolic distance between the old year and the new year, but our lives remain exactly as they were 24 short hours ago. Chances are, many of us feel uncertain and anxious about the future. It’s only natural after the year we’ve endured.  But I feel strongly that the only way to move forward is by harnessing the incredible (and largely untapped) potential of our minds. Einstein once said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

Are we guilty of that?

Survival depends on change, and if what we did last year wasn’t working for us, then it makes sense to change it. Change is hard. It’s uncomfortable. Many of us do what we have always done and managed to get by, and thereby avoided having to make sweeping changes in our lives. But what happens when our situation gets so bad that moving out of our comfort zone is the only choice we have? Ask yourself: How far do I need to fall, how uncomfortable and desperate do I need to be, before I am willing to make some necessary changes in my life?

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