Clean Slate Creation For Confidence and Happiness
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“I like mornings because each day is like another chance.” Carrie Arcos
Welcome to the new year. The 365 days of 2020 had us in complete disarray, mass confusion, hysteria, and fear of the unknown.
And now that we are here in 2021, it’s time to clean the mental slate.
Still carrying baggage from 2020? We all are.
Literally every single one of us.
Because sometimes it's easier to start over with a clean slate than to drag the baggage of your past with you wherever you go. Shaun David Hutchinson
But here is where we chuck it out the window and give 2021 a fair chance.
And yes, this is definitely not going to be easy. This will take frequent personal reminders to let it go. Often we will go back to feelings we had during that year and start to carry them over to our current place in life. Additionally, we will find ourselves being fearful of what is to come based on what we encountered in the recent past.
Each new breath and moment is a gift. We can choose to start with a clean slate in the here and now. Kaleb Kilton
Even with all of that, we have to do our absolute best to go back to our mentally clean slate. Because if we do not do so, we are going to find ourselves in a constant cycle of turmoil.
I know that many of us were counting down the seconds to 2020 ending and 2021 beginning. We saw 2021 as a fresh start, a breath of clean, crisp air after being in a dirty smog. And then the first week of 2021 saw some frustration, and we quickly asserted that 2021 was doomed already.
Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I fail, but every day is a clean slate and a fresh opportunity. Gretchen Rubin
Here is where we need to dissolve that mentality. We already know that nothing is perfect in life, and nothing ever will be the exact definition of “perfect”. And after such a chaotic year, we can’t just expect a switch to flip and everything to be back to bliss.
This year? Clean slate. Of course, my past is checkered. But we're dealing with the now. Simeon Rice
But what we can do is allow for grace.
We can mentally dismiss what we can from 2020 and go forward with a clean slate. As I referenced in my last blog post, we can go in with limited expectations and just work to make ourselves the best that we can be, no matter what obstacles are thrown our way.
You need to be as clean of a slate as you can be, as an actor. You have to try to be open to every experience. Cillian Murphy
But having a mentally clean slate allows us to not be disappointed every time something comes up that is reminiscent of the activities of 2020.
You have a clean slate every day you wake up. You have a chance every single morning to make that change and be the person you want to be. You just have to decide to do it. Decide today’s the day. Say it: this is going to be my day. Brendon Burchard
What else will this do for us?
- We will be able to move confidently forward without hesitation.
- Trauma will be at a reduced level with the mental block that we have instilled in ourselves.
- Our quality of life will increase with the release of the concerns and worries of the past.
Diverting one's attention from the past was not the same as envisioning and embarking upon a future. On the other hand, if the past were razed, the slate wiped clean, maybe fewer people would confuse it with the future, and that at least would be something. Richard Russo
Along with much, much more. You will find that by removing the weight from the past year you will smile more. Laughing will come back, and much more frequently. The ability to find gratification in the little things will enter your life again. Joy, excitement, and hope will be more evident.
Can you do it? Can you move forward in 2021 with a clean slate?
A fool may scrawl on a slate and if no one has the wit to wipe it clean for a thousand years, the scrawl becomes the wisdom of ages. Mark Lawrence
I am.
Will you join me?
One look at each other and it was immediately understood that they both needed a clean slate. The obliteration of memory. Colum McCann
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