New year. New moon. New approach to personal improvement.

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New year. New moon. New approach to personal improvement.

Instead of setting rigid goals and then berating myself when I fall short, I am observing and tracking my decisions with loving awareness.

Being an Enneagram 1 personality type, my mind automatically defaults to impossibly high standards in every aspect of my life. Then, if/when I fall short, my inner critic berates the hell out of me. My mind accepts nothing short of perfection, and objective perfection is a fallacy.

In moments of potential poor decisions, I take a deep breath, pause, and tune in. I then know what decision will best serve my higher self. Next step... listen and do what I know to be best. That last step has been a struggle during 2018 and I'm not bringing that bullshit into 2019. Nope. I am evolving and strengthening my relationship with my higher self; it is time to let go of behaviors that no longer serve me.

Awareness creates change. I observe and track my behavior in my journal, then reflect on how I can support myself in making better decisions going forward. For instance, 2018 showed me that being well rested and well nourished results in my better using my free will to make good decisions.

I focus on the present moment and what is the right decision to make NOW. Then when the next situation comes up, I make the right decision NOW. And so on and so forth... That is what life is, a never-ending series of nows. So just live in each one and make the best decision as each situation presents itself.

In 2019, I'm not making giant sweeping statements about my behavior in the future. I am making one decision at a time, in the now, guided by what best serves my higher self.


"As you increasingly honor your true being, elements in your life that were previously props for your inauthentic self fall by the wayside. Other elements now enter your life to support your authenticity, as the external follows the internal." - Shefali Tsabary, The Conscious Parent


"All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of being." - Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now