
Hello all. Following my first extended vacation following 19 years of post-college work, I’m back with a best life practice that couldn’t be more applicable.
Now that 2015 is upon us, you may have decided to partake in one of society’s oldest and most fruitless endeavors – New Year’s resolutions.
“I’m going to get in the gym!”
“I’m going to read more books!”
“I’m going to stop smoking/drinking!”
Not to sound like Ebenezer Scrooge, but I say bah humbug to all of it.
As we’ve discussed, deciding to make a real life change takes more than just reacting to an emotional impulse such as guilt. And that’s far too often exactly what a New Year’s resolution is.
We incur a sense of guilt over partaking in an unhealthy lifestyle – whether it’s eating, exercising, our relationships, our personal development …
And that’s why we view January 1 as such an optimal…