Get your Resolutions Back on Track

New Year’s Resolutions: Get Back on Track!

My wife does not like shows with Bill Murray! I almost dare to use the word ‘hate’? It just might apply. Me on the other hand, I could watch his movies on loop. With the groundhog about to make his seasonal appearance, naturally I associate it with ‘Groundhog Day’, the movie. To me ‘Groundhog Day’ is an annual, must-watch, classic. Can you imagine being caught in that endless loop? I mean, at some point, we’d all either hug or punch Ned “Needle Nose” Ryerson too, right?! So, a month into the New Year, its time to reflect on how I’m doing with the new goals I set for myself at the beginning of the year. Perhaps many of you have done that as well. To help me keep from falling into the same loop of leaving my goals dead in February, I’ve been reading and listening to some great content, especially on Twitter and YouTube. It’s amazing, when you seek out for the good in your feeds, you find it, and it finds you. One of the messages that found me, was by Inky Johnson. If you don’t know who Inky is, you should stop reading now and spend a few minutes on his story. If you want to be inspired, to realize how to get out of your own way, to truly commit to success, you need some Inky in your life!

Well, here’s the lesson from Inky, “We can’t be who we’re going to be and who we used to be at the same time!” He goes on to explain that if we don’t have the commitment and passion to do what we’ve said we want to (or will) do, Brian Webster is the Con- we’re doing the wrong thing. Or doing it the troller for SWM. He main- wrong way. tains designations with the IMA and CAMICB, as a Certified Management So, I started asking myself, am I ‘in’? At home, Accountant and Certified at work, with my wife and family, with my Manager of Community coworkers and friends. Am I present and Associations. engaged? Sometimes I think we try to answer that question in way too big of a view. I prefer a smaller, bite size approach. Am I engaged in this meeting? What do I need to get accomplished in the next 15 minutes? Am I committed to listening to my annoying 15-year-old to see his perspective, even for 30 seconds? (He’s really a good kid ) I’ve found my goals for this year have been more in sight this way. Well, it’s only February. But they still feel new and manageable. As I routinely focus on just the next step, continually committing to being who I am going to be, then there’s no chance for regret to occupy hindsight. In ‘Groundhog Day’ the radio DJs encourage, “Okay campers, rise and shine!” Inky says, “The old you has to die off for the new you to become!” So, go ahead: jump in headfirst and be the best you. Every day!

“The old you has to die off for the new you to become!”