3 things to leave behind in 2012 and 5 things to take forward into 2013

A new year is a time for life changes or at least a time to make plans for life changes. While sometimes our plans, resolutions or even SMART goals fall through...there are three things we should definitely resolve not to take into 2013 and five things we should definitely decide that we should. See my list below.

Top 3 things to leave behind in 2012

1)    Grudges ( nothing weighs you down more than a grudge that you carry with you from year to year – best advice – lose the extra mental weight and instantly the New Year will be lighter and brighter.

2)    Dirty Laundry – figuratively and literally – If you are keeping a dirty secret or engaged in behaviour which you aren’t proud of, leave it behind in 2012. Don’t take 2012’s drama into 2013.

3)    Bad Habits – We keep hearing this one like a broken record because it is true. We can’t break a bad habit over night but we can certainly start to take steps to get rid of bad habits at the beginning of the year.

Top 5 things to take into the New Year

1)    Start the New Year with a smile. Self explanatory but here goes anyway. When you smile, the world smiles back and even if it doesn’t, it takes more muscles to frown than to smile (cliché indeed but true)!

2)    Prayer – It’s simple. Prayer changes things. Keep praying!

3)    SMART Goals – Even though you may not have kept your resolutions or SMART goals last year, it is still useful to go into a New Year knowing what you would like to achieve. As the saying goes ‘if you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.’

4)    One word which will be your key word for the year. This word will guide your decisions, motivate you and keep you grounded.  My word for 2013 is ‘Forward.’ Expect to see this word in blogs for 2013.

5)    Good Friends - New friends are silver, old friends are gold…hold on tightly to friends as true ones are hard to find.

Well I hope you find this list useful. Drop me a comment and let me know what other things we should leave behind in 2012 and what other things we should take forward into 2013.

I hope to hear from you. Thanks for reading!

Pretty Smiles (Hanging with Lakisha  and some of Sherise other friends in London 2012)