Year 2021 is knocking our doors and this new year I would say is our ‘rectification’ year. Unforgettable year 2020 was a challenging year for everyone around the globe due to Covid-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, we should plan our resolutions ahead to make us well organize type of person. Usually resolution list is something that we “must have, love to have, nice to have or dying to have” but supposedly, it is achievable or possibly attainable with long or short-term plan. Additionally, it is a goal or vision board that we set for our companies, business or even personal achievement. Hence, these goals were set at any point of time or sometimes can be ‘reset’ anytime necessarily.

Though, we want to focus on our personal resolution list that we normally plan whenever New Year around the corner. The easy part is to dream and plan but the challenging part is to achieve. Nevertheless, if we are ready to make positive changes in our life, consider starting with a personal mission statement we will probably achieve in anything we want. ‘Be more than we thought we could be.’ a quote from Oprah Winfrey that seems nice to hear but hard to do. Considering years, we keep repeating our resolution but seems to be getting nowhere such as ‘My reduce weight plan’…

One of the most practical way towards realization this resolution is by dividing them to five (5) dimensions. These what I personally did for the past few years. Technically, we can focus more actions than just be mere words or just ‘self-fake plan’!

Spiritual Dimension

This dimension relates ourselves to our creator and what we believe. In Islam, our iman is the most important role in our lives. The 5 pillars in Islam has their own individual challenge for us to fulfill, again, it depends on us respectively. Whatever we want to achieve in this dimension must be back to basic, our Creator, Allah and what good things we do for ourselves as well as everyone around us. Examples, Solat on time, constant sedeqah or perform Hajj

This is my top priority dimension and it is my hardest dimension to fulfill or achieve at times. Probably because our Iman has it ‘ups and downs’ frequently.

Physical Dimension

When we talked about physical, this is something that we can see, touch and feel. Define this dimension is easy but not to achieve or have. Everything that we want to have either movable or immovable thing can be our physical items in this dimension. Probably, we plan to have a new house or add a new car or even getting more assets.

Our physical condition is one of the most important wealth to be concerned or reset because keep healthy and fit are irreplaceable. Therefore, stay healthy by drinking more water, cooking at home in order to eat out less, incorporating exercise and get enough sleep can be some people list. Even, what we want ourselves to look like, can be physical, e.g.: losing weight or youthful skin.

Financial Dimension

Probably everyone would agree if this dimension is utmost crucial. A good career makes a hefty salary and stable income. A good business can sustain for years and can last for generations. Financial Dimension can be combined with business dimension for the business person. Managing financial can be quite demanding, thus knowledge in personal financial plan is vital when planning for this dimension. Money is not Everything but Everything needs money!

We must structure our budget, improve our business and enhance our financial portfolio so that whatever we wish to obtain in this dimension can be realized. Start living within our financial means and make smarter financial decisions.

Diversify to lucrative technology business, expand existing business and level up marketing strategy can be some choices of this dimension list for business person. Those under employment probably could venture reliable side businesses. Identify ways to trim unnecessary spending and hence, never ignore our retirement plan.

 Intellectual Dimension

Most of the time, we don’t realize that this dimension is special in our lives. This dimension is actually relating to our skill and values. Eventually it relates back to other dimensions mentioned before.

These includes applying for a promotion, acquiring a new career skill, earning a professional certification or building our business portfolio to highlight our expertise. Alternatively, we might seek side gigs to earn extra money and boost our marketable skills or looking for ways to make money from a hobby. In the end, skill-focused resolution is somehow related to financial dimension.

Emotion Dimension

Emotional dimension involves our feelings, related behaviours, optimism, awareness, self-esteem and self-acceptance. This dimension includes awareness, acceptance, healthy expression of one’s feelings such as hope, happiness, love, sadness, anger, fear, stress and adapt to change.

Be more forgiving and able to improve our positive characters or managing life in personally gratifying ways will help us to see life as an exciting adventure. Manage our stress level and occasionally reward ourselves with things that we love to have or do.

Our relationship with people and other living things are habitually emotional. Our family and good friends can be our comfort or therapy. These includes spending more time with family such as vacation, having lunches with friends, giving back to society and helping the environment safe are part of the dimension list.

Well, these are some ideas and list of tips to help us see our New Year’s resolution through and make some changes in our life. We will be more focus on each dimension to make it happen. For me, I would make it more precise and detail for each dimension resolution. I suggest we print it and paste it in our room or our private place which we could see it every day for our reminder and affirmation. As a results, at least 70%-80% of the 5-dimension lists are achievable, Insya Allah. May 2021 will be brighter and better for all of us with the new norm of life.
Amin YaRabbal ‘alamin

~ nurin hamid~