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January... a New Year begins!!

UncleMac
UncleMac Posts: 13,760 Member
edited February 2019 in Social Groups
2018 is in the books!

Welcome to the 12 chapters of 2019... We each have 365 chances to make our lives better by the daily choices we make.

Anyone make any notable resolutions?

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,225 Member
    Happy New Year! No notable resolutions for me: I don't schedule life changes for 1/1; I try to pick them off the tree whenever they've ripened nicely. ;)
  • UncleMac
    UncleMac Posts: 13,760 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Happy New Year! No notable resolutions for me: I don't schedule life changes for 1/1; I try to pick them off the tree whenever they've ripened nicely. ;)

    That's a great approach, @AnnPT77!!
  • Farback
    Farback Posts: 1,088 Member
    I’m planning to be active every day. I got off my daily walk routine when I got very busy driving limos, amd the weather got cold.
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    edited January 2019
    I don't know about resolutions, I'm more about habits, one at a time. Firm believer in that.

    I don't know if this is such a great idea or not, but one of my son's works with me and the other son owns his own business. My daughter has just started sales (we're all in sales ironically and all very entrepreneurial). I believe in planning -- five-year plans worked back into daily ones. It's helped me over the years greatly.

    I offered to lead an "accountability group" with my son and my other employee. Then my other son wanted in, then my daughter. Now two significant others as well. Just leading them through (and hopefully setting the examples) with meaningful metrics, goals, measurement tools and perhaps some advice. I guess they know I've made every mistake someone could make and then some and want to learn from my mistakes??

    Oh, that and we're moving X-Country from OH to AZ (Cincy to Oro Valley) this quarter, so I got a ton on my plate for the New Year, first Q especially!! Eating and exercising on autopilot.
  • BBee5064
    BBee5064 Posts: 1,020 Member
    edited January 2019
    I'm just going to give this year my all.
    I'm looking forward to watching our journeys 👍
  • UncleMac
    UncleMac Posts: 13,760 Member
    MikePfirrman wrote: »
    I don't know about resolutions, I'm more about habits, one at a time. Firm believer in that.
    Agreed. Evolution, not revolution.
  • UncleMac
    UncleMac Posts: 13,760 Member
    https://markmanson.net/goals

    A bit of a long article but Manson is an amusing author and raises good points.
  • Farback
    Farback Posts: 1,088 Member
    Interesting read Wayne. I agree, good habits are the practical way to go.
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    That is a really good article. It's very practical. I'm struggling with converting many people in my Accountability group from being goal oriented to being habit oriented and then creating a metrics to report in weekly. Sounds simple, right? It's hard as hell to get people to commit to changing one key behavior, then tracking that for a month. I like that article, very similar to my approach.

    I took on one habit a month last year and my business tripled. Just like in the article from compounding habits. Focus on one until it's engrained, then add in one more. I had setbacks and had to go back again a few times but best year I ever had. I showed my two guys that work for me everything I was working on and reported to them! They weren't firm believers in planning/execution and habits before, but I think that convinced them.
  • cathywatts2019
    cathywatts2019 Posts: 2 Member
    I'm planning on living each day to the fullest and hope I make smart choices along the way.

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