“Three…Two…One. Happy New Year!”
As you hear that, you start to contemplate on what you should do for the New Year.
You want to start studying more, you want to workout everyday, you want to change how you smile.
As the New Year approaches, you start to work on those things. You repeat to yourself, “New Year, New Me.”
And you believe it.
You go to the gym, you start running, you come back home. You feel proud and you should.
The book is finally open for you to read this time and your assignments are all complete.
Yet, there is something missing.
That proud feeling you had at the beginning and the ambition is starting to fade.
You start to panic; you wonder why you aren’t able to feel motivated anymore.
The adrenaline rushes through as you try to maintain the goals you had for this year.
It’s not easy, is it? But why?
You sulk for a couple of days looking at your journal, wondering what is wrong with you.
“New Year, New Me.” That is what you promised everyone on social media. The 200 story viewers.
You stop chasing those goals, and think of yourself as a failure.
But you forgot one thing…
You tried to change your most authentic self. You said, “New Year, New Me.”
You didn’t follow through because you forced an idea on yourself that you are not worthy enough.
That you aren’t happy enough, not fit enough, not smart enough, not pretty enough.
That is all not true.
You need to realize, that you are so much more. You are worth more than building a new version of yourself.
All those 200 viewers you promised a “new you” for have said the same thing.
They are worried about their 200 viewers, too.
You can work to better you, but don’t strive to change you.
You are you, a beautiful soul.
A gentle person who has some cute quirks like scrunching your nose, dimples when you smile, muscles when you flex, a smooth voice when you read.
You are enough, you should not change you. So let us change it to “New Year, New Rules.”