As I sit here and write, I realise that there is less than 5 weeks to Christmas. That means we are less than 6 weeks away from 2025 starting.
Yes we are officially at that time of year, where we start looking to purchase next year's diary and calendar so we can begin planning the 12 months ahead.
It also means we are also now filling our heads with every possible idea on how we can make next year better than this one (because as humans in the year 2024, we are never really satisfied). So as we push forward on our personal quest of goal chasing, achieving and getting everything we ever wanted, we are filling our ample spare time (can anyone put their hand up here) and reading whatever we can get our hands on (thank you for reading this far) to learn how we can start the year right, how to set goals, the apparent secrets to achieving them, anything at all really that promises we will be the best version of ourselves next year - and if we are not reading it, we are listening to it on our favourite podcast streaming platform (again, thank you for listening if this makes it to podcast form).
But here is the secret...
you don't have to wait!
Seriously.
You don't have to wait.
I'm going to break the truth you've been led to believe all these years.
The 1st January is no different to the 23rd November. Or the 8th August. Or any other date you'd like to insert.
When you go to bed on the 31st December and you wake on January 1st, it is essentially the same as going to bed tonight and waking tomorrow morning. Is it not?
The only difference we are led to believe that because the year ends, and another starts, it is the perfect time to change our habits and begin a new journey to bettering ourselves. And it can be, it makes sense. New year, new you. But why wait?
Why not start tomorrow, even today?
Let's look at it from this perspective - you and a friend want to start running
Your friend, "I'm really keen to run 5km. That's my goal for the new year. I'm going to start on the 1st January".
But you, you're not all talk, you are all action, because you've read this far. You are not waiting. You start tomorrow. And you add 500m every week to your longest run. By the time your friend is ready to start on January 1st, you are already up to nearly 4km. Forget completing 5km next year, you are all set to go longer and farther. You could be running 10km by Easter. Maybe ready for the Born To Run Festival Half Marathon in October. All because you didn't wait, you started now.
It doesn't apply just to running, it applies to anything. If you start tomorrow instead of in 6 weeks time, you are 6 weeks in front.
So why wait for the 1st January to roll around? The sun comes up tomorrow the same way it will come up in 6 weeks time. Forget dates and years and the right time to start according to the calendar.
The right time is now. Why wait?
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