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Inspiration
What if listing goals for 2024 isn't your thing?
any people enjoy the tradition of setting can enhance your positive mindset, and isn't a positive
resolutions or goals at the start of each mindset integral to shaping the life you want?
new year. And it's common knowledge that
M people who write down their goals are more 4. Set monthly challenges: Designate each month to
likely to reach them than those who don't. But what if the a different challenge or skill you want to develop. For
process has grown stale and doesn't lead to a lift in your example, does your company need a stronger presence
energy and spirit? If so, it could be you just need to give on social media? Learning all you can about social
your usual process a rest and switch things up a bit. media management could be your focus for an entire
month. The next month, maybe physical fitness could
Here are six ways you can freshen your approach to living be top of mind for you and your staff. Switching the
your best life in the coming year to go: focus each month can keep things fresh and stimulat-
ing.
1. Choose a theme word: Instead of devising resolu-
tions, pick one word that represents how you want to 5. Create a one-year bucket list: Instead of listing
feel or what you want to focus on in the coming year. resolutions or goals, make a list of experiences or
It could be "growth," "innovation" or "joy," for example. adventures you want to have this year. These can be
Then post this word in a prominent place at home and big or small, personal or business. They can be huge,
in your office so you will keep it in mind throughout like taking a long-postponed trip to meet colleagues
the year. abroad, or small, like treating your friends to lunch at
a restaurant you haven't tried yet.
2. Create a vision board: You've probably heard of vi-
sion boards. Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry, Steve Harvey 6. Learn something new every day: This will keep
and Ellen DeGeneres are among the celebrities who you mentally sharp, and the better your mind func-
use them, and many folks who are visually oriented tions, the more easily you'll spot and follow up on op-
swear by them. Gather images, quotes and symbols portunities. So learn something new each day—per-
that represent your aspirations and pin or paste them haps a new word or skill, or a fact about life a century
to a board. Then, like a theme word, display the board or more ago.
where you can see it daily and be reminded of your
intentions and dreams. I hope this list gives you ideas for how to create the year of
your dreams in 2024.
3. Gratitude journaling: Some people use gratitude
journaling alone or in tandem with vision boards.
Imagine how satisfied you might be if you focused on
gratitude for an entire year. Something as simple as
writing down one thing you're grateful for each day Kate Gillespie, President and CEO
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