2020 has been a great year for us all. For some its been a very challenging year and for others its been awesome.
For everyone who had it rough, life doesn't end with with 2020 as we look forward to a better 2021. Don't get stuck with the regrets, mistakes or failures of 2020. Move forward.
Last week, we looked at part one of this series where some salient points on how to get passed the difficulties of 2020 were stated and explained.
You can read that here: You Failed in 2020 So What? 1
Below are the other points in continuation of the series.
3. RE-WRITE YOUR STORY : Instead of re-living your past over and over again getting into trauma, use it as a stepping stone to do and get better in the coming year.
Reflecting on and identifying areas you did not do well should enable you do better. The mistakes you made should not make you a less person but much better than you were. You can re-write your story.
Don't just get over the past but benefit from it. Bad experiences make us stronger and better. Like they say "what does not kill you makes you stronger."
Re-frame all that happened and change the narrative. In order to experience a change in life, you have to change your narrative.
We all have either negative or positive stories to tell. But it all depends on how we approach these stories in our lives.
According to a PhD holder in social psychology, Timothy Wilson "Our experience of the world is shaped by the stories we tell ourselves and our interpretations of it, and these stories can often become so distorted and destructive that they completely hinder our ability to live a balanced, purposeful, happy lives. So the key to personal transformation is story transformation."
See the positive side of every negative experience you had. Every negative experience did not just happen to you but happened for you.
It might be difficult to see this at the initial stage but when you sit back and reflect on things, you would see that every negative event that happened to you was useful and seeing them in this light enables you focus on growth.
Scientists have discovered that, those who view things from a positive angle live longer than those who are always negative.
Now, when you are positive of every event or experience, things get better for you than when you view them from a negative angle.
See every rejection faced and opportunities missed as God having something better and bigger for you. They simply mean, you are meant for something different and great.
After getting past the whole negative events of 2020, its time to move on to something better and bigger in 2020
Picture yourself and imagine yourself reaching heights you never attained in 2020. What dream do you want to live by the end of 2021?
Visualize your dream, write your dream and vision down. If you do not know what you want or what your version of you should be by the end of 2021, then make it a goal to figure out where you would want to be by the end of 2021 and write it down.
The Bible says in Habakkuk 2:2-3 " And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry."
Writing down your dream or vision makes it easier for you to follow and achieve. Write down every idea that comes to mind. Do not trust the brain to retain it because you might forget. Some ideas might resurface some will never.
Write them down where you can easily see or access them and ensure to read them everyday. Don't just write and forget write to read them always. That will spur you to action.
4. START MAPPING OUT PLANS OR STEPS : Now that you have identified your dream/vision and how you want to end 2021, its time to map out plans and write down steps on how you are going to achieve your dreams.
You don't need to wait till 2021 before you start mapping out plans and writing down the steps to take. Start now by having the end of 2020 in mind.
Realizing your dreams is dependent on the little things you do every day or consistently. Success comes as a result of what you do consistently.
If you want to succeed then be consistent. The key to success is consistency which leads to habits while habits form our actions. The actions you take daily is what will lead to your success.
Be determined, resolute and disciplined to daily take steps that will lead to the actualization of your dreams in 2021.
5.SEE OPPORTUNITIES COME YOUR WAY : You have a dream, a vision, you have mapped out steps and you have pictured where you want to be by 2021 and how you want to end it.
The next thing is visualize opportunities come your way. How these opportunities would come shouldn't concern you at all. When you visualize and envisage opportunities, they will find you.
Your major concern should be the daily actions you take. Be purposeful, resolute, determined and disciplined that every day of your life in 2021 is going to count and move towards the realization of your dream.
Like they say, "preparation is the mother of manifestation." The more you are prepared, the more you would do well when the opportunity arises.
Proverbs 2:29 says, " Seest thou a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men."
When you are consistent in what you do, when the opportunity arises, it wouldn't be difficult. It would come off easy for you.
When God sees all the efforts you put towards the actualization of your dream, He would open doors of favour and opportunities for you.
And because you have been preparing and diligent in your work, these opportunities will not pass you by. Opportunities only pass you by when you are not prepared and ready for it.
6. JUST BE YOU AND DO YOU : Be yourself at all times. Love every part of your being and envy no one. Accept who you are and your flaws. Your flaws are a part of who you are.
Be authentic and true to yourself. Don't try to live a fake life jut to impress people who may really not care about you or notice you.
Go for and do what gives you joy and a sense of fulfillment or satisfaction
Be proud of who you are and how far you have come. Your story is beautiful irrespective of the challenges or difficulties encountered and your stories are uniquely yours.
Run your own race at your own pace. You are in competition with no one but you. You best bet is becoming a better version of you than you were. That should be your competition.
Follow your own dream and live your life. Do not waste your time becoming a photocopy but an original. Don't try living someone else's dream.
Keep being you you and doing you irrespective of the challenge. No matter how many times you have failed, who cares? do it one more time and see yourself scale high.
Quote for the day - "The one who falls and gets up is better than the one who never tried."
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