{"id":4455,"date":"2012-12-30T10:10:48","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T18:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=4455"},"modified":"2012-12-30T10:11:58","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T18:11:58","slug":"a-new-year-how-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=4455","title":{"rendered":"A New Year How-To"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY\">It&#8217;s the End of the World as We Know It <\/a>\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0(And I Feel Fine)&#8221; ~ R.E.M.<\/p>\n<p>No matter where you were at the end of this year, &#8216;betcha didn&#8217;t escape the chatter and noise about the END OF THE WORLD (!) according to the Mayan calendar. A national radio station asked the question, \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cIf you knew the world was going to end, what would you do?\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<em> Spend time with family. Take THAT trip. Eat delicious cheese.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is something profoundly sad, a thinness of living, that came through in these answers. The question dipped into people\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s value sets and came out with what they would do facing the end of their life: eat delicious cheese.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call to ACTION: in 2013, EAT THE GREAT CHEESE. <em>Then go to the gym.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interested in rocking out in your full glory in the new year? In sinking into what really matters and bringing more of what you desire into this year?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gunsinger\/8326796754\/in\/photostream\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4458\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4458\" title=\"time to reflect\" src=\"http:\/\/noomii-blog-files2.s3.amazonaws.com\/2012\/12\/time-to-reflect.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Annual Review:<\/strong> Directly from the brain of <a href=\"http:\/\/artofnonconformity.com\/\">Chris Guillebeau<\/a>, writer, community builder, traveller and non-conformist, this <a href=\"http:\/\/chrisguillebeau.com\/3x5\/how-to-conduct-your-own-annual-review\/\">template for reflection and intention setting<\/a> is the most powerful thing you can do for yourself this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>1. Two Questions for the Current Year:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">What went well this year?<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">What did not go well this year?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Come up with a half dozen or so answers. List things that you could have impacted: if events happened that were out of your control, they do not need to go on this list.<strong id=\"internal-source-marker_0.78601109306328\">\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Goals and Focus for Next Year:<\/strong><br \/>\nList YOUR life categories, for example: health, financial, relationships.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Which areas will you focus on this year?<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">What goals do you want to achieve for each area?<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">From these goals, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daniellelaporte.com\/inspiration-spirituality-articles\/the-new-year-word-thing-keen-for-contrast\/\">choose a theme for the new year<\/a>. (Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daniellelaporte.com\/here-i-am\/\" target=\"_blank\">Danielle LaPorte<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. Decide and Support those Goals and Focus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Each goal: dig deep. <em>How will you do it? How does it feel? Does it feel \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cright\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d? What does it look like?<\/em><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Reinforcement. What support can you rely on for each goal? What support do you need?<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Metrics. How will you know when you have achieved your goal? What does success look like? How will you gauge your movement?<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">MOVE: What actions will \u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0you take, starting with step ONE, on each goal?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For 2013, choose a year of epicness. Choose to see what you really want from your life and live it. Choose to think there will be a Zombie Apocalypse if that is what you need to get moving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Choose to see that your days are not without limit and live now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wishing you an epic 2013.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H3>Related Posts<\/H3><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Your Inner Critic: How to Figure out its Kryptonite &#038; Give it a Makeover\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=5078\" rel=\"bookmark\">Your Inner Critic: How to Figure out its Kryptonite &#038; Give it a Makeover<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Trust &#8211; THE Power Tool for Living Large\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=1676\" rel=\"bookmark\">Trust &#8211; THE Power Tool for Living Large<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Life Saving Tips for Better Work and Life Balance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=1185\" rel=\"bookmark\">Life Saving Tips for Better Work and Life Balance<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Perfectionism May Be A Disease, But A Little Bit Won&#8217;t Kill Ya\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=2601\" rel=\"bookmark\">Perfectionism May Be A Disease, But A Little Bit Won&#8217;t Kill Ya<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Why change now?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noomii.com\/blog\/?p=2762\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why change now?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the End of the World as We Know It &#50051;&#50050;&#49824;(And I Feel Fine)&rdquo; ~ R.E.M. 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