Do you feel like you\u2019re stuck in 2018? Maybe you weren\u2019t quite ready to move on to the New Year because you feel unaccomplished or like you left something unresolved in 2018.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s already the end of February, which means we\u2019re approaching the end of the first quarter of 2019. Wow. When we\u2019re nearing the end of December, we tend to view the new year positively and associate it with new beginnings and second chances. You, like most of the rest of the world, may have had an entire list of exciting goals to start off the New Year.<\/p>\n
We can\u2019t ignore the reality, though. The truth is, life\u2019s downs can kick in at any moment, even at the start of the new year. You may feel as though negative situations \u201cshouldn\u2019t\u201d happen until typically later in the year, and you feel as if your new year started off on the wrong foot. Disappointment sets in when expectations rise.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re \u201csupposed to\u201d have a number of goals lined up and working smoothly by this time of the year; you\u2019re \u201csupposed\u201d to have a date by Valentine\u2019s Day; \u201csupposed to\u201d have a grand celebration for your birthday showered with love and gifts from family and friends; \u201csupposed to\u201d have achieved certain career goals by a certain age.<\/p>\n
What if entering the new year didn\u2019t mean it \u201csupposed\u201d to start off on the right foot? Of course, it\u2019s always good to have good intentions but things don\u2019t always turn out the way they should. There are tons of articles circulating on the internet that are filled with goals to adopt, and ways to achieve your New Year\u2019s resolutions. But what if it goes beyond just having a set of resolutions to keep? What if you had negative circumstances beyond your control follow you from 2018 into this year? Then it\u2019s time for some encouragement because you\u2019re going to need it.<\/p>\n
A bumpy start doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re doomed to have a bad year. You don\u2019t have to carry a negative mindset for the remainder of this year. With that kind of thinking, you are assuming that things will turn out negatively before trying. You\u2019re setting yourself up for failure. De-motivation will inhibit your ability to take on new opportunities. Don\u2019t set yourself up for failure. Instead, think about ways that you can lead an optimistic outlook, then set your mind on being positive and productive.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t accept defeat. Take your mistakes and turn them into learning experiences. What could you have done differently?<\/em> A bad start to a new year doesn\u2019t mean a bad rest of the year. It may seem easy to sink into despair at times, but you just need to get up again. Personally, I\u2019ve had moments when circumstances did not go according to plan, and I felt as if my life would go to ruin.<\/p>\n My point is, understand that you\u2019re not alone. No matter what life brings our way, God will carry us through and comfort us. He has given us tools to help us sail through life. We\u2019re not left to ourselves so keep on carrying on. You can do this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you feel like you\u2019re stuck in 2018? Maybe you weren\u2019t quite ready to move on to the New Year because you feel unaccomplished or like you left something unresolved in 2018. It\u2019s already the end of February, which means we\u2019re approaching the end of the first quarter of 2019. Wow. When we\u2019re nearing the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2237,"featured_media":14444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,561],"tags":[589,200],"thb-sponsors":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-14443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emotional-health","category-mindfulness","tag-589","tag-emotional-health-2","post_format-post-format-image"],"acf":[],"views":677,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14443"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14659,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14443\/revisions\/14659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14443"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=14443"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeandhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=14443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}