1/3/2012 - By Gregory Nicoll

A New Year’s Resolution we all have in common, to challenge ourselves and “Hit the Reset Button”

It’s 2012,  and it seems like there is no time to think anymore because life moves so fast. We receive information by the second through all sorts of technology and business never seems to place a closed sign in the door. It feels like if you stop for a moment, opportunities will wiz by you like a crowd in a subway station.  I find myself each year using the 6 days between Christmas and New Year’s evaluating the past year and focusing on new goals for myself. I find it to be a great time to develop many resolutions, many decisions to do or not to do something.  We often hear of the common goals of developing a better diet, drinking less, and perhaps quitting smoking. I use January 1^st as a new barometer to reinforce existing goals or to develop new challenges for myself.

This time of year takes me into our attic where we store our yearly holiday decorations, and of course I get side tracked by looking around in old boxes containing photographs, kids achievements etc. That attic is a yearly reminder to me of how fast life moves and helps me to focus on the goals that I have started for myself and want to finish, as well as the things that I need to let go.  I find it funny that an attic can be inspiring, but if you think about it, we place things up there for many reasons, so we can come back to them.

Hit the reset button.  “It is chance to make a fresh start.  It is a chance to take what you’ve learned and improve it. It is a chance to create the future you most want.”