I‘m going to tell you something that I know you know, but often have to be reminded of. If you woke up this morning, you’ve been given a gift. A second chance. A reset. A do-over. It doesn’t matter what happened yesterday — the mistakes, the missed goals, the arguments, the failures – today is your opportunity to rise above it all and move on. If you choose to hold onto the missteps of yesterday, I guarantee you, they will get in the way of your progress today.
You don’t have to be held hostage by what has gone wrong. Like all professional athletes have to learn, you can’t dwell on the loss of yesterday because you have another game today. Focusing on the loss, beyond using it for a learning experience, will only get in your way. The start of each day is your time to decide who you want to be today and what you’re going to create today, in your life.
Remind yourself that every champion has failed. Every successful person has faced days where they didn’t feel like getting out of bed. That happens to most people at one point or another. But at the start of a new day, look back over yesterday and use it like looking through a history book … and learn from it. If you find something that worked yesterday, use it. If something didn’t work, change it.
You don’t have to wait for January 1st. to make a new resolution to change. All you need is today.
So try this:
- Forget yesterday’s regrets. They happened and they’re already history.
- Take a deep breath and say, “Today belongs to me. I got this”
- Write down one small thing you’re going to do today to get closer to the life you want. Not tomorrow, not someday, but today.
Often, momentum is everything. Once you take that first step, the next one gets easier. And before you know it, you’re building the life that you’ve dreamed of having.
Don’t let your past have more power than your future. Don’t give yesterday permission to rob you of what today could be.
Wake up. Rise up. Show up