Vision In Blue

January, the traditional time for "new year, new you" posts. I always say I won't read them... but that obviously doesn't work out so well when they promise you so many wondrous things. Some of them can actually be interesting, but that's where my enthusiasm stops. Everyone wants to make you do everything, all the time, and I've discussed before how that's almost impossible when you're struggling. As a general rule of thumb a habit can be formed in two months, and broken in one month... and yes this is just an estimate because studies on the subject vary from person to person... but it's an excellent place to start don't you think? What if you try to do, or not do, something for that long and see what happens? It honestly does work, and would work for longer if you don't relapse into old habits... but that's not the point of what I'm suggesting you try. You only have to try it for one or two months. That's not so hard, right...

I'm not joining a gym, I'm not going to quit anything and I'm certainly not going to say I'm going to learn something new. Every one feels that January 1st means you have to make life changes... what's wrong with the rest of the year for that? It seems odd to me to make a very specific list of things to change at the beginning of the year. Point three in my post 10 Ways To A More Positive Life  is about achieving things, but I've never been good with the negative side of "making a list"... which now that I say it seems so wrong as I love lists... my point... Don't make a list you can't achieve. Make a list you can work on. A big sweeping statement at the beginning of the year might have you motivated for a few weeks but doesn't have the same satisfaction as a list you can actually cross things off of when you've finished something. So, here's my 2016 To Do List: Household things. Paint the downstairs hallway Pa...