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If You Want a Different Life, You Have to Make Different Choices in Your Daily Habits
And why I don’t make New Year’s resolutions.
Start a new you now
I’m not one to make New Year’s resolutions. It is so arbitrary. I did one year, and it had no long-term impact on my life. The expectations are too high; which leads to failure. And the reason why come January your gym is packed, and by the end of February, it is once again empty.
It happens every year.
Every single year in January, I cannot find a vacant treadmill or StairMaster at the gym. Come to the end of February, no problem. New Year’s resolution makers have the best intentions to make this significant life change overnight, and it doesn’t happen. They think somehow they will have different habits on January 1st than they had on December 31st.
What works
Setting little goals and making small tweaks to your daily life every day with intention is what impacts a lasting life change. Here are some examples that might seem small and obvious, but are highly effective when you implement them day in and day out.
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