ThePeopleAlchemist Edit: Be your best self - #SmashYourCeiling, change starts from within -Business & Lifestyle Experimentation for #TheWomanAlchemist

The 365 days to a miraculous life diary has ended, but not the journey itself: training my mind continues to be my Priority Numero 1 - and every day in every way it does get better. And so, this year,

"I promise myself ...

To be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person I meet.

To make all my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them. To look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true.

To think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature I meet.

To give so much time to improving myself that I have no time to criticize others. To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of myself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words, but in great deeds. To live in the faith that the whole world is on my side, so long as I am true to the best that is in me". -(from Cristian D. Larson's The Optimist's Creed).

I recognise that to be true to the best that is in me, I need to silence my inner critic. That annoying alter-ego/siamese-twin sister that keeps nattering away. I need to learn to love myself each and every day a little bit more because the relationship we have with ourselves ultimately defines all and any of our relationships. Indeed change starts from within.