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Close the door on last year
It’s natural to look back on the past year and assess where you started and how far you’ve come. This process helps with closure, and it also gives you renewed hope for the coming year. Every new year brings fresh opportunities.
This weekend, take some time to reflect on last year and look ahead to 2008. Ask yourself what you can do that will help you symbolically close the door on last year. You might choose to do something like donate your old clothes to charity or organize the year’s photos into online or bound albums. Or perhaps doing something more symbolic appeals to you like writing a journal entry recapping what you’ve accomplished or lighting a candle and meditating.
Whatever you decide to do, set aside enough time so you can reflect on things with ease and grace.
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I am closing the door on being so self involved, I would like to do more of helping and being there for others. I am closing the door on overindulging in life. I want a healthier lifestyle for me and my family even if they fight me the whole way! I have shut the door on disorganization! I want to tone up my body and exercise more regularly.
I am closing the door to overindulging in unhealthy foods. I am putting behind me all the bad health choices I have made in the past year. At 44, and a recent college graduate, I have a lot to live for. I will take care of myself from this moment forward!
I am closing the door on allowing others to pull me down. I am choosing to live a healthier life, eating healthier and exercising regularly. I am closing the door on unhealthy life choices that take me away from the important things in life, my faith, my family, my friends.
I am closing the door on old relationships, past grudges and poor health. I am going to eat better, introduce excersise into my life style adn simply forgive those who I THINK or FEEL have wronged me in some way.
I am closing the door on being a “Doormat” to others. I tend to let myself get wrapped up in everything that everyone else wants me to do for them. It is exhausting. So, this year, I’m putting me first, and letting everything else file in accordingly.
I am closing the door on sweating the small stuff! Life is too short.
I am closing the door on trying to do everything for others and nothing for myself. This year I am going to find me.
I am closing the door on taking things for granted. I have realized in the last few months just how lucky I am and I want to seize each and every day from now on, taking into account how blessed I am to have love, health, comfort and happiness.
This year I need to take care of me. I make sure my husband is taken care of and work but I have neglected me. Yes, the door of self neglect from last year is closed. I am taking care of me this year.
Honestly, this will be very hard. I had a hard last year. Dealing with the death of my grandmother and going to the hospital on two separate occasions. But I know that if I do it, this will help me out.
I greet every day with a smile. I love being here!
I sweat all the small stuff, it drives my nuts. I get all tense, angry. I work with the public. I am professional, nice. But when the customers do not follow the rules, I take it seriously,personal, when they park in no parking zones, eat or dink where they should not. Top Management really does not care, but I do. I really do not want this undue stress.
How can I just let it go?? Be happy all day, real kind? Help me out…
I was in the service industry for 18+ years. It wasn’t until I became disabled that I learned that my responsibilties is ONLY for my actions, not everybody elses. The sooner you learn this, the less chance of your health going in the toilet due to stress. Also, I am a person that believes in giving my troubles to God for him to deal with. It makes all the differance in my life to do this on a daily basis. God Bless you.
I agree about not sweating the small stuff. I am disabled and have learned hard lessons on how to adapt to life. It is so silly to have drama in your life!!!
Way I see it is why waste energy stressing things you cannot change. We react to things, yes, but I’m a realist.. People are and do as see fit all I can do is not be the one who cuts u off but let the one who cutse off back in as your about to pass em up ahead, I like being the nice guy or gal in this case. I’m all about karma but not in a wierd way. Agree to disagree and live each day like it was on purpose.. As it could be ur last. And I was told anger and sadness is heathy if u don’t live it, reminds u ur human and who u are, and glad u aren’t…