Reaffirm Your Affirmations

Affirmations are present-tense statements that confirm or verify reality. For some it's hard to accept that their world is created by their own thoughts and words. On conscious and sucbonscious levels, affirmations are working in our lives all the time. Scary, huh?

With the best of intentions, people everywhere craft lists of desired life changes in the form of affirmations. New Year's Day is probably the most common time for this ritual. Before long, these well-intended wants and dreams die an inglorious death as daily madness resumes its place in our consciousness. Positive affirmations, meditation and prayer give way to the hundreds, maybe thousands, of tasks that lay before us each day. Not to worry; here are a few ways to sustain your best intentions throughout the year and beyond.

Create account passwords that affirm.  How many times a day do you log into accounts on your computer?  Why not use the power of numbers to your advantage by creating user passwords that affirm your reality.  Some good ones may be Plenty0$in2011, MortgageFreeby2013, DebtFree4Ever, coaching150clients or 10999followers. Turn every mundane login into an empowering affirmation to support the reality you desire.

Keep affirmations in plain view. Nothing new here. But this trick often loses steam after months of looking at the same tattered note(s) taped to the bathroom mirror and refrigerator door. But with a bit of tweaking, this can become a very effective way to revive your affirmations. Use inexpensive business card stock to make affirmation cards. Keep them in a box or bowl or stack on your nightstand and before going to bed at night, grab one or two and put them on your iPad screen or tape one to the front of your iPod.  Tape one over the light switch in the kitchen or over the start button on the coffee maker. Put one inside or over the laces of your running shoes. Put one over your keyhole to your car or home. The point is to take a minute or so every night at bedtime to place one or two cards where they will be an obstruction, forcing you to touch, see and think about your affirmation the next morning.

Create electronic calendar alarms using your affirmations. Set them up on your Smart Phone and your desktop computers at work and at home. Each is a reminder to give thought and energy to the creation of the reality you crave.

I am affirming these tips are exactly what you need to create a better world for yourself and for everyone. And so it is.  Happy New Year!