New Fears Eve: Should old addictions be forgot?

The new year is moments away and millions of people are filled with a plethora of feelings. Hundreds of thousands of them are feeling good, optimistic about 2008, and grateful for the past year 12 months. Hundreds of thousands of them are attempting to feel good about the past year, potentially disregarding what's about to come, and focused on the moment. And then there's the rest, feeling different things at different moments about different hopes and challenges they are about to face very, very soon.

It feels just like yesterday that I was starting the new year with stunning excitement. While I have no recollection of most of my intentions for 2007 beyond New Years day, I had no fears about what was to come. In fact, I had great faith that I was continuing my journey towards the next level of success, comfort, and joy.

This year was a big one for me:

1. I extensively improved my health by including chiropractic, massage, and an active membership to a fitness club.
2. On Valentines Day, I decided to stop eating meat, chicken, and pork.
3. I was accepted by the National Speakers Association as a professional member and had the best week of my life in July during their convention here in San Diego.
4. I started off the year by writing relatively extensively - and ended the year writing just the same.
5. It's often funny how I forget one pretty significant life-change event. I bought my first home. Investment. Home. Investment. During the summer, I told my best friend that within six months I would buy my first place. I moved in within two months or so. How's that for the "Law of Attraction?"
6. Activating the "I Love You Social Strategy" within my family (aka expressing feelings after nearly 30 years).
   
7. Finally, I developed the concept of my next book using a title I came up with three years ago. A concept so rare and powerful that I feel confident that it will plow a path for my future. Unless it's been done before. I am excited about "Occupation Nation" and what it will do for my life, career, and millions of people.

This year, I faced a few fears, learned about the general limitations we create by understandable, though absurd and unnecessary, self-talk, and have learned to work smarter. Can one be addicted to procrastination? While I'm still guilty of leaving projects to the very last minute, I have begun to fight the temptation of, well, the temptation of avoiding what often awaits me.

In 2008, I will work towards helping millions of people fight their current addictions to the distractions that dissuade them from feeling and doing better, and having more of what is intangible. Touching, isn't it?