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Never Again Get Burned Making A New Year Resolution

by Michele Charles Gustafson
Jan 02, 2025
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The moment I realized that setting the same old style of resolution every year was a sure way to failure, I transformed my results!

I know you've already been bombarded with the "how-tos" of New Year's resolutions, vision boards, intention words, renewal workshops and productivity DIYs. You are used to knowing the answers to fix things in your life, so why would finding new motivation or committing to doing something new this year be any different?

Wrong.

All those solutions don't work unless you shift how you feel about yourself first and then set your direction. And don't worry, it's not your fault that you'd believe a collection of pictures to focus on or a carefully chosen one word would give you the motivation to bust out, stand out or speak out this year - it's how we consume information these days and our short attention span, YouTube-it, Google-it nature feeds into our belief that everything can be boiled down into a tip or trick.  

The truth is that transformation of any kind does not happen with a tip or trick. It occurs when new skills meet a new consistency to a tailored learning process. When combined well, changing how you see yourself offers a self-care practice that eliminates comparison and keeps motivation long-term - past the first 19 days when most people fail at whatever word or board they cobbled together.

 

TODAY, CHECK IN WITH YOURSELF:

Clients & Community, I've put together a new year "primer" here with 2 episodes that you can listen to, along with my biggest lessons, whenever you enter a new year or new season.

Check them out, and let me know in the comments how you will prepare for success beyond the first 19 days of this new year!

How To Stop Comparing Yourself To Others This Year

They say, "comparison is the thief of joy." Well, actually, Teddy Roosevelt said it, and I agree, but there's more!⁣ Adapted from my firs...

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The Better Way To Start A New Year (Or Season)

Setting New Year resolutions may be on their way out of style, but don't be fooled. Even other popular ways of goal-setting for a new sea...

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Journal with me! 

Let me know your thoughts, impressions or revelations in the comments below, or if you'd like a personal response from me, submit your "journal thoughts" to me privately! CLICK HERE. 

 

Until next time, keep shifting, keep growing, and keep showing up,

~ š•„ā„‚š”¾  

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