Creating Your New Year Goals

by Jennifer Baltz

Most of us create goals each new year. But why do some goals happen and others fall by the wayside? What are the "energy mechanics" of setting a goal...and making it real?

A goal starts life as a spiritual creation, before it is manifested into the physical world. Your thought is broadcast out into the universe, like a wave of energy, and it interacts with other waves of energy, creating a ripple effect. Eventually, if there is enough certainty behind it, your goal will come back to you in physical form.

There's a good reason why there is often a delay between creating the thought and making it real. Can you imagine what would happen if all of your thoughts, good, bad, and ugly, were all manifested within moments of thinking them? We are not ready for that ability--we do not know how to handle it. So instead, there is a buffer zone, a space where thoughts are tempered, and where only the most determined and clear goals make it through.

In Conversations with God, Book 1, God tells the author that one reason why our goals don't always succeed is that we carry underlying negative thoughts that undermine the goal before it can manifest. For example, if you want to lose weight, but have a negative image of yourself and think you can't do it, your goal will probably fall by the wayside. When you take a positive, can-do approach and have faith that you will create your dream, it happens. Why? Because you are creating continual supportive energy for your creation.

Five Goal-Setting Ground Rules

1. Make sure your goal is your own. Someone else's dream doesn't match your energy. It is not sychronous with who you are. To really succeed, you have to be an individual, and tailor your goals to match who you are and where you are in your life. If your family wants you to be a plastic surgeon and you'd rather be a veterinarian, follow your own dream, not theirs--and don't feel guilty about it. You will never succeed fully if you are trying to live out someone else's goal for you. Oh, you can make it happen, but you will never be truly happy with it. It will not make you want to sing inside. Make sure your goals are really yours!

2. Be here now! Use the right yardstick to measure your success. If your goal is to become more athletic, and you have started walking a few miles several times a week, don't invalidate what you are doing by saying "I'm just not athletic." If you find yourself thinking it, change the pattern by saying "I'm becoming stronger with every walk I take." If you invalidate what you are doing, then you are pulling the rug out from under your feet. Your goal will fall flat. If you validate your progress and choose to create more, you are on your way to making it work well.

3. Give your goals enough time to mature. Creating something in the physical world takes time. Don't be unrealistic (i.e., wanting to get married in three months when you don't have a potential mate yet.) As a spirit, you travel beyond time and space--you can create thoughts instantaneously on the astral plane. But not in the physical body. Give your body time to catch up, and don't invalidate it for taking longer than you would like. Enjoy the process of creating as much as the end result!

4. Goals need attention to thrive. Pick a few goals that you would like to focus on. Write down your goals. Make them visible around your house. Each day, ask yourself if there is one small thing you can do to help make your goal a reality.

Every few months, evaluate your progress. Validate the changes you have made. DO NOT invalidate your progress just because you "aren't there yet." Celebrate what is working, enjoy the process, and keep going.

5. Your goal is not always shared by others. Goals involving other people won't happen if they don't want it, too. So make sure you both want the same thing. If you want a two-bedroom cottage in the country but he wants a city townhouse with attached garage, neither of you will be happy. Work together when you goal-set with someone else.

Have Fun Creating Your Dreams

With these groundrules in mind, what are some good ways of creating your dreams?

I like the childlike approach. When I was a kid, I was pretty good at creating what I wanted. I'll bet you were, too. We lose that ability over time because we get too serious, and we start believing in the limits of the "real world." But the world is what we make it, and by celebrating that creative childlike spirit within, you can move mountains.

Sometimes it helps to draw a picture of what you want (crayons only please!!!) and see what color energy it is (hint: the crayon you're using the most is the right one!)

Whenever you think of that goal, imagine creating a big ball of energy of that color, and put it right over your head. Imagine bringing it down into your body and your aura, and giving it space to manifest in your life. You can do this daily, or weekly--whatever feels right. Give this goal permission to manifest in whatever form and time is right for you.

Finally, don't forget the Law of Action. It's just as inportant as the law of attraction. Keep taking small baby steps towards your goal.

Remember, the outcome is less important than the process. How we get there makes all the difference...it helps us grow and build character.

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