press reset at any moment
Far too often, I feel or hear myself relying on a future date to change things for me. When life becomes chaotic or I’m feeling off, I tell myself I just need to get through the week and a new Monday will give me the fresh start I need. This is a mindset we heard frequently a couple months ago, when many of us had set goals for the new year and relied on January 1st as the sole time to start making changes. If you set new year's resolutions and haven’t followed through, or if you have followed through, or if you didn’t set any at all, you still have the opportunity to start a new process of self growth on any given day.
While markers like a start to the week or a year can be helpful in setting intentions and goals, we do not need these specific days to allow ourselves to restart. We can give ourselves the time and space to begin again whenever we need. As I write this, we’re two and a half months into the new year, and it is far from too late or too early to take a step toward something new for yourself. That rings true whether you’re reading this today or on any other day of the year.
When we recognize that we don’t need a Monday or a milestone to start over, we open up new doors for ourselves. We can decide to hit reset at any given moment. There is great power in recognizing that we don’t need to wait for anything or anyone to give us permission to do so. If you are caught in a routine or cycle that you do not feel good about, you can change the course of things as soon as you have the realization. There is no need to wait for a sign or the right time to start fresh – the right time is whenever you decide.
Pressing the reset button looks different for every person, and it can take on many different forms for each of us depending on what we are going through and how we are feeling. In these moments, acknowledgement is always important. We must acknowledge what is presently occurring that we want to stop or move away from, and we must also acknowledge what we want to replace those habits with and how we want our daily lives to look different. And, most importantly, we must fully acknowledge the necessary steps to make progress toward our desired result.
Once we have recognized what is causing discomfort, what we want to see change, and how we can achieve the change, we are ready to press reset. Even if this moment of acknowledgement comes in the middle of the week or month or at an unexpected time, there is no need to wait for the “right time” to start over. We determine our own right time.
If we know there is something we want to change for ourselves or start doing differently, why wait and make ourselves continue in a way that does not serve us for any longer than we need to? I challenge you to take a moment to step back and see where it may feel helpful to start fresh, or even set a goal for yourself and start the process. You do not need a new year, week, or even day to reset - you have the power within you to do so at any time.
xo
