Obtain the One Thing You Want Most in 2016

by Marnie Pehrson Kuhnsin Affirmationson Posted on

I conducted an informal Facebook poll asking people to share with me one thing they’d like to be, do or have in 2016. The list they came up with was rather interesting. Some people listed more than one thing. Below are the answers given and the percentage number of times each showed up.

  • Peace — 18.18%
  • Health — 12.12%
  • Wealth/Financial Goal  — 12.12%
  • Be a better person  — 9.09%
  • Love  — 9.09%
  • Career Goals  — 6.06%
  • Move  — 6.06%
  • Travel  — 6.06%
  • Weight Loss  — 6.06%
  • Confidence  — 3.03%
  • Growth  — 3.03%
  • Independence  — 3.03%
  • Be Present (In the moment) — 3.03%
  • Retired  — 3.03%

obtain what you want in 2016I found it interesting that 70% of the answers have to do with “BEing” more than “HAVEing” or “Doing.” It’s those lovely intangibles (and un-quantifiables) that we crave most. Yet, most of us don’t know how to obtain them or how to measure if we’re succeeding at obtaining them.

For example, how do you intend to know whether you have more peace at the end of 2016 than you have today? How will you know if you have more confidence?

Create a Snapshot

If you’re someone who wants more Peace in your life in 2016, I’d invite you to analyze what peace means to you. Describe what that entails. For example, let’s say peace means harmony in your home. What does that look like? Here are some possibilities:

  • Your children doing what they’re asked without talking back.
  • Fewer arguments between siblings.
  • You and your spouse coming up with a harmonious system for dividing household responsibilities.
  • Fewer angry phone and text conversations with your ex.

Rate how much peace you have in your life right now on a scale of 1-10 for each of these areas. This will give you a “snapshot” of how much peace you have in your life right now.

Be sure to include areas that are already peaceful for you. Perhaps your finances run smoothly. You live in a peaceful neighborhood. Your kids are getting along well at school. Include all the good things that are happening NOW in your list and rate those. This will give you a more complete snapshot of “Peace” that will help you measure the difference at the end of the year.

Evaluate As You Go Along

Save your snapshot somewhere you can easily find it.  Monthly or quarterly, rate those areas again. How well are you doing?

In other words, take the typically un-quantifiable and quantify it by rating it now and at periodic checkpoints throughout the year.

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About Marnie Pehrson Kuhns

Marnie Pehrson Kuhns is a Certified SimplyAlign Practitioner™ who uses music and creativity to mentor you past barriers, fears and doubts to discover, create, align with, and deliver your soul’s song (the mission, message or purpose you are on this earth to live). Marnie is a best-selling author with 31 fiction and nonfiction titles. If you'd like Marnie and her husband Dave to work with you personally on Your Great Reinvention, get a FREE 20-minute strategy session with Marnie here.