New year, new you! 10 Steps to Change Your Life!

Are you setting goals for this year? Did you decide to get fit? Eat healthier? Spend more time with your family? Be more mindful? Read on for my famous 10 steps to change your life! Bah, humbug! Reflect for a moment on what you’ve just read. Head to Google and do a search using the terms “New Year” and see what you come up with. My search page showed, amongst all the horrific news of car smashes and events for the holiday season, topics like “New Year Bootcamp: Get rid of your debt”, “cook something new every week”, “read more books”, “create a cleaning schedule you’ll stick to”… Ever wonder why we do this? Every single year? First, we buy into the idea that our life right now isn’t good enough. There are improvements we can [read ‘should’] make. Then we decide what “good” looks like. Better finances, healthier diet, less time on devices, cleaner and tidier house…whatever. We then read all the things we should do – apparently, improving body, mind and soul is good for… the soul. The popular “experts” then tell us to use a planner, tick off daily fitness goals, and tackle small actions frequently. Betcha like anything most of us will fail. Even if we begin with the best of intentions. This year, I’m not doing “goals” – I’ve bought into the over-use of SMART goals for too long, and I...
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