Melbourne psychology turning ‘Resolutions’ into ‘Rememberlutions’
June 30, 2015The buzz word we hear at our Melbourne psychology practices these days seems to be ‘Mindfulness’.
In many counselling and coaching sessions as well as general day-to-day conversations, you will often hear people talking about how we should all learn to live in the moment and appreciate and cherish every moment we have. While New Year’s resolutions can be energising and motivating, they can also lead you to beat yourself up; focusing on the previous year’s failures to figure out where to do better next year. And when you don’t keep your resolutions (yet again), you can feel completely defeated.
I read a refreshing article the other day that I thought I would share. Someone came up with the creative and positive concept of changing ‘Resolutions’ to ‘Rememberlutions’.
Instead of focusing on shortcomings, prepare to celebrate each wonderful moment or experience that happens next year. The process is pretty simple:
- Get yourself a glass jar or two from home or buy some from your local shops. Get as creative as you wish.
- Make a jar now that you can fill with memories and accomplishments over the course of the next 12 months.
- Every time a new, exciting or positive experience occurs, put something in the jar that will allow you to remember this.
- You can use photos, inspirational quotes, arts and crafts or materials to represent the experience or even a mini “Dear diary” note to describe the experience.
- When New Year’s Eve comes around, pull out your ‘Rememberlutions’ and remind yourself of the wonderful experiences and achievements you had from the year that is about to end.
The value of this process is pretty obvious. Not only are you living more in the moment by slowing down to appreciate, think about and feel your experiences, but you are adding creativity, fun and memories all at the same time. It’s something you can do privately (no ‘like’ button required!) or if you prefer you can do it with friends or family as a way of bonding together and sharing experiences when they happen and then again at the end of the year. I think I might just try it myself and have four jars: one Family Jar, one Marriage Jar, one Self Jar and one Work Jar.
Here’s to all your jars of ‘Rememberlutions’ being filled up over the next 12 months.
Please contact the friendly counsellors at Reflections Psychology in Melbourne for more information.