PUBLISHER'SLETTER


love to start a new year by taking some time to acknowledge everything I accomplished in the past year and celebrate my “wins”! I actually spend the last week of December and fi rst week of January doing this. I believe it’s so important because often we rarely give ourselves credit for all of the great things we do each year and instead focus more on what we didn’t do – like losing more weight, exercising more, improving our fi nancial situation or spending more time with family. Now don’t get me wrong – I do refl ect on what I didn’t accomplish


I and spend a lot of time asking myself, “Why?”, but I’ll get to that in a minute.


Here’s what I’d love for all of you to do this January: Find a few days or a weekend and write down everything you accomplished this


year…even the little things like fi nding 5 minutes a day to start a meditation program or allowing yourself more time for self-care. These are huge if you’ve never done them before. Celebrate these successes – really acknowledge them, tell your friends and family, take yourself out to a nice dinner, get a massage or just make a toast to yourself. It sounds silly – but it really reinforces to your brain that you can be successful in many areas of your life.


Next, take some time to write down what you didn’t accomplish this year.


Ask yourself why this happened. Is it because you really didn’t want to achieve that goal? Were you afraid to achieve it? Was the payoff not worth the amount of work? Is it something someone else told you to do or you thought you should because everyone else is doing it – shiny object syndrome?!? If there are any goals on this list that you really don’t feel drawn to anymore – cross them off now! Believe me – there’s plenty of dreams to be accomplished, but they have to be things you really WANT – not what you think you SHOULD do or want.


We have some great articles to help you improve your life this month – from


fi nding love to tackling those fi nances to making sustainable lifestyle changes and making New Year’s resolutions that fi nally bring lasting change!


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