I have a love-hate relationship with New Year’s Resolutions. On one hand, it’s a great way to annually check-in with yourself, to audit what is and isn’t working, and to set new intentions. On the other hand, it can create unnecessary pressure to change completely overnight (while making you feel guilty when you can’t do the …
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The direction of our lives is decided more by the daily choices we make than anything else. And these choices are more influential to the person we are becoming than we often realize. Habits become ingrained, automatic, and often slowly creep into your life so subtly that they become routine. So if you want to …
Think about the ideal version of yourself: the one who reads every day and sticks to a perfect morning routine, and maybe even completes big craft projects or writes novels. When you have lofty goals like these — ones that require a lot of work or a major lifestyle overhaul — they can seem impossibly far …
A “Sprint Month” Can Help You Lock Into Your Goals Read More »
I want to start this post with an apology because I know you’ve heard some version of this sales pitch before: Do you want to be happier? Healthier? Lose those love handles? Become wealthier? More successful in your career? Or enjoy a life filled with growth, contribution, and purpose? If so, read on. In an internet space filled …
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Many of us use the new year as an opportunity to set new goals, but as the year goes on, we often find that achieving those goals is surprisingly hard to pull off. How many times have you started a new year feeling gung-ho about exercising only to have your enthusiasm fizzle by February? Motivation is …
As a psychotherapist, I get the honor of helping people tackle their goals. Some clients are really inspired to change their lives and just want a little direction getting there. Others feel a bit more hopeless and discouraged about creating positive change. Either way, my job is to help them take the steps they need to …
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Recently I uploaded a month of my Substack growth journaling into Claude: my plans, what I actually did, and the results I got. Something surprising appeared on my screen. Claude showed me that yes, I was taking all the necessary actions to reach my goal—but only about 40% of the time. The other 60% of …
How to Use AI to Finally Achieve Your Goals (When Hard Work Isn’t Enough) Read More »
I’m a big believer in the power of setting ambitious, long-term goals. Not so big or unrealistic that they’re demoralizing, but significant enough to stretch us a bit beyond what logic might lead us to think is possible. Big goals draw things out of us that we would not otherwise achieve. And in a faith …
January often brings nothing more than a huge sense of pressure, combined with residual festive fatigue. It’s not the best combination for becoming your best fitness self. So, if your January didn’t quite get off to the start you intended, fear not. February might just be your time. “January always comes with the stress and …
With the new year has come new classes, new schedules, and, for many, New Year’s resolutions to achieve. Creating and achieving goals can be incredibly challenging for some, especially without an idea of the techniques that can help you succeed. Chimes had the opportunity to speak to the Women in STEM Club about their New Year’s event …
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