WELLNESS
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AMY SELBACH
NEW YEAR
NEW YOU
Dream!
Dream more than is
practical.
Amy Selbach knows how to
keep her goals in sight when the
New Year comes around.
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anuary is my favourite month
and favourite time of year.
January is the time where
we can all look at our lives
with endless and renewed
possibility. Below are some of my
beginning-of-the-year rituals. They
help me reflect back on my life and
see how I can make it a truly new
experience that exceeds the status
quo.
First, I take a look at all the things
I did that worked for me and raised
my personal power and I write them
down. I call them my “Moments Of
Power.” MOPs can be big or small.
They can be a business or personal
goal I accomplished, a trip I needed
and dropped everything to take or a
something new I learned along the
way. I also write down all the things
I am grateful for. This helps me
shift my mindset and get motivated.
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In fact I try to do this on a regular
basis, not just at the beginning of
the year. When I forget to do this for
a long period of time, my mindset
is different than I want it to be. So
starting the New Year with a long list
of things past and things to come, big
and small, helps me visualise where
I am, what I have done and where I
want to go.
Then I purge. Whether it’s a small
purge like cleaning out the crumbs
in my silverware drawer, untangling
my jewellery or organising my
nightstand or a big one like clearing
out my closets of dresses I haven’t
worn in years and donating to charity,
purging gives me a huge feeling of
lightness, like a massive weight has
been lifted off of my shoulders.
I make a list of goals as if I had no
limitations. These are goals I write
down no matter how unrealistic they
seem at the moment. I write them
down as if they were attainable. I ask
myself: If I could reach any goal what
would I want to do? This is one of the
best ways to check i