Each New Year's Eve, my husband and I have a ritual. We spend some quiet time looking at the previous year. We look at what we accomplished and then, together, we decide what we intend to create moving forward.

A major realization for me has been how critical it is to take the time to celebrate all the things that went right - all the things (big and small) that we are proud of.

I think we all have to be careful of the tendency to focus solely on what we intend to do differently. It can so quickly turn into a "failure fest" - and we all know - nothing good can come from that!

I hope you'll do the exercise in this week's article and start off 2007 from a place and spirit of celebration.

We look forward to sharing a happy, healthy, and abundant New Year with you all.

Until next time - to your prosperity!

Miata

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As we begin the New Year, a lot of us, ourselves included, will be making resolutions, setting goals, and generally making plans for what we want to ACHIEVE (I will guest star on 5 night-time dramas), BE (I will be a better Dad, Daughter, Husband, Girlfriend), GAIN (I will have money in a savings account by the end of the year) and LOSE (two dress sizes, that credit card debt), and so on.

Now all that is well and good, and in fact is an integral part of your success in 2007. But what we wanted to focus on in this week’s newsletter is not what you will do this year, but what you did in the last one. And not all the goals you missed, or the failures you believe you had, but, instead, the accomplishments you achieved, the things you enjoyed, and the good times you had. Doing this will have two highly beneficial results: one, it will help clear away the baggage of the goals you missed or resolutions that you slipped on. Second, it will encourage a feeling of gratitude for your life over the past year. We have written before about the importance of having “an attitude of gratitude”, and concentrating on the successes of last year will really strengthen that as we go into 2007.

Mark Victor Hansen described an exercise in a recent article of his that I believe has incredible value, and it is an exercise that I would encourage all of you to do over the coming week.

Take out a pen and a pad of paper. Write the numbers 1-100 down the left side of the sheets. Then list everything you accomplished last year. And don’t censure yourself. No-one is expecting you to have found a cure for cancer (unless we have any micro-biologists in our community, but I don’t think so): all you need to care about is that you did things that you felt good about. Did you book a commercial? Did you get more call-backs than 2005? Did you have a lovely vacation? Did you take your dog for some great walks? Did you see some truly excellent movies? Nothing is too small for this list, and no victory is trivial. It may take you a while to fill all 100 slots, but take your time, and don’t stop until you do.

Once you have achieved this, sit back and look it over. Remember the pleasure that each item on this list caused you. Recall the satisfaction you felt, and the fun you had. Then carry that with you into the New Year. Keep the list by your bed, or at your desk for a little while, and review it periodically. By doing this, you will be more aware of the little things you achieve daily, and will be grateful as these things come your way. And that gratitude will put you in line for bigger things, for which you can be more excited and grateful, and so it will go.

We outlined a number of goals this year, personal, spiritual, career and financial, but we also made it a goal just to have more fun. Because enthusiasm is the cheapest cosmetic any of us can have, and focusing for a time on our past little victories will bring that shining through into our present day lives.

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