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When You’re Just Done, You’re Just Getting Started
What a commenter has to share about rethinking resolutions
If you’re a writer, and you’re short of material, read your comments. This perfect piece of real wisdom landed a few minutes ago on a piece I did about New Year’s Resolutions.
The idea is to stop setting ourselves up for potential failure, and instead focus on small things that we can more easily get done.
Here’s why this is so smart: Instead of making huge demands, my commenter (let’s call her Shelly) puts her focus on lifestyle changes. That is, in fact, how I ended up transforming my body years ago. Small habits, each of them profoundly important, and none of them so overwhelming that they defeat us out of the gate.
Here’s what she said:
Just this morning I hit the “I am done” phase.
I called my “goal” (I really hate that word) Lifestyle Change, laid out 4 simple daily tasks, and asked my least judgmental friend to gently hold me accountable by just checking in each day.
My list:
- Take a walk every day.
- Eat something green every day.
- Drink a glass of water every morning.
- Weigh myself every morning and write…