Sending you all an incredible amount of love and joy this Christmas!

You see, I wasn’t a list person.

Ever.

I’ve tried. I knew plenty of people who were and they succeeded with them. The lists worked for them and I was always jealous.

A Christmas email is what my parents send out every year now. My Mum will send a card to her nearest and dearest, but mostly everyone receives the Lloyd Family Christmas email with photos and updates on how everyone is doing.

I think it’s lovely, and I wonder if it’s a dying tradition. Is this a generational thing, or is it an age thing?

Christmas is the absolute best!

I am a self proclaimed, proud, badge wearing, multi-passionate human. I have so many interests and am always running down different tangents being excited by multiple things. Which is awesome. It feels great to so frequently be inspired.

It also feels tough when you don’t know which way to run.

I used to live by the term ‘done is better than perfect’. As someone who spent a lot of time avoiding action, because I was so paralysed with fear of getting something wrong, knowing that getting something done is more important helps a lot.

Think about it… who do you think you are? What image have you created of yourself?

Then consider who it is that you’re actually being.

You see it’s all fair and well to write down your goals on a piece of paper, but until you start creating a lifestyle that reflects those goals, that’s all they are - written down words on a piece of paper.

So, I’m here to get you more excited about habits.

We’ll start the discussion by you answering the following questions for yourself. Be honest cheeky, because you’re only deceiving yourself by offering any other answer.

This is challenging for me, because I have a lot of beliefs, and in total honesty, I am still coming to terms with some of them myself. I whole heartedly believe them, and I find it difficult to articulate exactly what I mean when I’m talking with people who have differing beliefs.

Today, I needed to be reminded that we all have our own independent strengths and I thought maybe you might want to be reminded too.

The 21st night of September?

I’m just kidding. I do love that song, but I’m actually wondering…

Resolutions, goals, forward planning, whatever you want to call it, with the new year comes a new sense of energy and optimism for what is ahead. This is why it’s the perfect time to have some introspection and reflection on the year that was, to get you ready and prepared for the year ahead.

I whole heartedly believe that illness is the body’s way of delivering a message to our conscious minds. It’s a reflection of something deeper going on within us and a message to take action on an area of our lives.

There’s not many things that can bring your mood lower than when other people point out that your mood is low. People are only asking from a place of care, but it doesn’t make the situation any easier to deal with.

The problem isn’t that you’re having fun and running around like a lunatic in December, the problem is that you didn’t utilise November effectively to give you the freedom to do that.

Building confidence doesn’t need to be a big shebang, it really can be as simple as consistent and helpful daily habits that change the way you view yourself and the world around you.