Every year between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, I have developed the habit of cleaning out my home office and discarding items that are no longer relevant for the upcoming year. Like most people, I tend to hang on to a few things that I believe I can use in the future. Things like old swimming goggles that no longer have any elastic left in the strap, old watch batteries, or loose screws that belong to something. Last but not least, a Palm Pilot, an iPod, and a stack of old iPhones that still somehow fire up when fully charged. I keep these items in a special place, you, know, just in case I need them.
I have the magazine page below hanging in my office since 2003. I believe it is from Men’s Health Magazine or Experience Life Magazine. Either one, it captured my attention enough to tear it out and hang it in my home office.
This year, I decided to scan it to secure an electronic version since it’s starting to fade.
While I went that far, I decided to make a quickie blog post of it.
Have a read through the page below.
Take a second reading, but this time, read it again, more thoughtfully and with Gratitude.
There, now you have an achievable New Year’s goal that you can work on daily,
Bottom Line #1.
Most fail at New Year’s Resolutions because the goal is too big and too difficult to measure and monitor.
Bottom Line #2.
“Breaking one’s promise is costly, but exceeding it does not appear worth the effort,” concluded the authors of a 2014 paper published in Social Psychological and Personality Science on promises kept, broken, and exceeded.
Strive for something easier and simpler.“Meet your deadlines.”
Enjoy the process of working through your obstacles with a more thoughtful approach.
