Happy New Year!    It has been a long time since I’ve posted here.  I’ve thought about it.   Even sat down and gotten started.  And then I’ve gotten ‘busy’ with other, more time sensitive things.  Not blogging has been a bit of an albatross around my neck; a dark cloud following me, weighing me down.  I’ve had a dialog with myself over and over again about how I should be writing; I’m bad because I haven’t consistently written.  I’ve even tossed and turned at night and lost sleep over it.  But I’ve learned a few things along the way and, in my mind, nothing is a failure if there is learning that comes of it.  So, here’s what I learned.

1. Like any commitment you make, you have to have a strategy and it has to be written down   (I resist writing things down because then it’s real and I might fail.)
2. You have to go public with your strategy.  It helps you be accountable. (See parenthesis in #1… failure is even worse when it’s public.)
3. Blog posts don’t have to be perfect.  (There is no such thing so good luck with that, anyway.)
4. Every blog post won’t resonate with every reader.  That’s OK.
5. Get your priorities straight!  I realized I was spending a tremendous amount of time doing work that, while high paying, didn’t make my heart sing and, in fact, took me away from the work I truly love and can make a good living at.

So, it’s time for a change…

This year I will:

• blog at least twice a week, every week.
• be sure all of my blog posts are useful, informative and/or inspiring but not perfect.
• reach 3 times as many readers as I do now.
• efficiently link all of my social media platforms together.
• check in with my heart regularly to be sure what I am working on is aligned with my life purpose and my soul’s work.
• surround myself with upbeat, supportive people
• ask for help when I get stuck
• be of service.

How about you?  What are you up to for 2012?