Comments on: 5 Ways to Make Your New Year Resolutions Stick http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/30/five-ways-to-make-your-newyears-resolutions-stick/ Practical inspiration. For a happier life Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:48:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Trent M. http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/30/five-ways-to-make-your-newyears-resolutions-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-6207 Trent M. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:10:28 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/30/five-ways-to-make-your-newyears-resolutions-stick/#comment-6207 Very inspirational! I am going to fill out many of these 5-year plans and begin right away. Thank you, Mary. Your blog continues to have a powerful and positive impact on my life. Very inspirational!
I am going to fill out many of these 5-year plans and begin right away.
Thank you, Mary. Your blog continues to have a powerful and positive impact on my life.

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/30/five-ways-to-make-your-newyears-resolutions-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Mary Jaksch Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:08:39 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/30/five-ways-to-make-your-newyears-resolutions-stick/#comment-117 @ Andrea Welcome, Andrea. Your comment about the 'why' is very interesting. I think you're right: there is sometimes a negative 'why' hidden under the surface. And sometimes the 'why' has nothing to do with our own life. For example, I completed an MA in Buddhist Studies this year. Why? Well, if I'm honest, I did it initially because my mother (who is dead) would have been pleased :-) Later my natural love of learning took over and provided the motivation for the rest of the three years. @ Andrea
Welcome, Andrea. Your comment about the ‘why’ is very interesting. I think you’re right: there is sometimes a negative ‘why’ hidden under the surface. And sometimes the ‘why’ has nothing to do with our own life. For example, I completed an MA in Buddhist Studies this year. Why? Well, if I’m honest, I did it initially because my mother (who is dead) would have been pleased :-)

Later my natural love of learning took over and provided the motivation for the rest of the three years.

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/30/five-ways-to-make-your-newyears-resolutions-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Mary Jaksch Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:00:43 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/30/five-ways-to-make-your-newyears-resolutions-stick/#comment-116 @ Not Yet a Bodhisattva Expressing aspirations in a positive way is an act of kindness towards. Too many people treat themselves with a negative and even hostile attitude! Have a great New Year! I hope your new <a href="http://buddhismyear.blogspot.com/" title="blog" rel="nofollow">blog </a>thrives. @ Not Yet a Bodhisattva
Expressing aspirations in a positive way is an act of kindness towards. Too many people treat themselves with a negative and even hostile attitude!
Have a great New Year! I hope your new blog thrives.

]]> By: Andrea Hess | Empowered Soul http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/30/five-ways-to-make-your-newyears-resolutions-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Andrea Hess | Empowered Soul Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:57:50 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/30/five-ways-to-make-your-newyears-resolutions-stick/#comment-115 I think the "why" is a very important point! Most people think they know what they want ... when it's really just the outward manifestation of what they want. I usually ask them what the goal represents. Using your example, is losing weight about success, self-love, self-acceptance, etc. Because sometimes the "why" can be "because I hate myself the way I am." And those are the resolutions that NEVER stick, because they connect to negative feelings about ourselves. I agree that emotions are a huge motivator - but if the true "why" behind the goal is negative emotion, we manifest that negativity through self-sabotage by mid-February! Great article! Blessings, Andrea I think the “why” is a very important point! Most people think they know what they want … when it’s really just the outward manifestation of what they want. I usually ask them what the goal represents. Using your example, is losing weight about success, self-love, self-acceptance, etc. Because sometimes the “why” can be “because I hate myself the way I am.” And those are the resolutions that NEVER stick, because they connect to negative feelings about ourselves. I agree that emotions are a huge motivator – but if the true “why” behind the goal is negative emotion, we manifest that negativity through self-sabotage by mid-February!

Great article!
Blessings,
Andrea

]]> By: Not Yet a Bodhisattva http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/30/five-ways-to-make-your-newyears-resolutions-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Not Yet a Bodhisattva Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:34:51 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/30/five-ways-to-make-your-newyears-resolutions-stick/#comment-114 I really like the idea of writing the affirmations in the present tense. It makes things seem more real, more like you're getting there already. The "why" and positive goals are also so important. Positive is a lot more motivating and better for our spirits overall. I really like the idea of writing the affirmations in the present tense. It makes things seem more real, more like you’re getting there already.

The “why” and positive goals are also so important. Positive is a lot more motivating and better for our spirits overall.

]]> By: Mary Jaksch http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/30/five-ways-to-make-your-newyears-resolutions-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Mary Jaksch Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:04:45 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/30/five-ways-to-make-your-newyears-resolutions-stick/#comment-113 Thank you for your comment, Jean. You say, "The adventure comes to me". I like that. Maybe that's the secret of resolutions- they are not so much acts of will but invitations. You seem to invite adventure, and so adventure comes to you. When we invite something, we are open to recognising and accepting it. Thank you for your comment, Jean. You say, “The adventure comes to me”. I like that. Maybe that’s the secret of resolutions- they are not so much acts of will but invitations. You seem to invite adventure, and so adventure comes to you. When we invite something, we are open to recognising and accepting it.

]]> By: Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/30/five-ways-to-make-your-newyears-resolutions-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:51:37 +0000 http://goodlifezen.com/2007/12/30/five-ways-to-make-your-newyears-resolutions-stick/#comment-112 <a href="http://stresstopower.com/blog/2007/12/30/2007-a-year-of-adventure/" rel="nofollow">2007 was a year of adventure for me</a>, so I'm going to keep plugging along doing what I've been doing. When I do that I don't have to make resolutions to live a life of adventure. The adventure comes to me. 2007 was a year of adventure for me, so I’m going to keep plugging along doing what I’ve been doing. When I do that I don’t have to make resolutions to live a life of adventure. The adventure comes to me.

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