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with other family priorities. Sometimes, I am a big fan of a gratitude journal, two
family issues do not go the way you want bouts of COVID helped write this journal.
them to be or as per your plan and you fail Thankful for all the good things that
to meet a goal and you experience a hit your happened to me, I keep making weekly
self-confidence and may blame yourself for resolutions on exercising, losing weight
what you’re perceived as failure, emotional and connecting with the family. To change
reappraisal can help you find a new route. any goal into New Year resolutions is a
Once you set a goal and discover that it’s recipe for disaster. When you are young
not a good fit, you don’t have to cling to it. you want a magic wand or a special pill
Macro goals are larger overall goals and that will take you from where you are right
micro goals are smaller goals and more now to where you want to be. We want that
immediate. We find ways on what we need quick fix for better or worse. Things rarely
to do to achieve these goals rather than work like that. For most of us lifelong
focusing on the goal itself. habits that have been ingrained over the
years are not easy to drop. This habit
change takes a lot of work, whether it’s
your relationship with alcohol, cigarettes
or weight loss, take it easy, instead of
looking for quick fix and making big jumps.
Be patient, commit to the long haul and
build gradually and don’t forget to enjoy
the journey. Nothing sums it up better
than George Michael’s immortal song “Last
Christmas I gave you my heart and the very
next day you gave it away”
Happy New Year
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