You might find yourself beginning this week by setting resolutions for the year. And if you’ve been here for a while, you know how much I dislike “resolutions” and the hustle-and-hype culture that surrounds them.

If you’re like me, then you may be looking for an alternative plan.

I’ve got you covered.

New year. Same you.

It’s really important to remember that you're not a turkey hoping for a pardon.

You're a human, and you deserve a moment to breathe.

Here’s how you’re gonna do it.

We’re so accustomed to the hustle of DOING that we’ve lost sight of what’s most important, of what kick-started this procedure of accomplishment in the first place.

It’s those moments of misbehaving that glitterbombs are most vulnerable. That’s when the organizational or peer pressure intensifies. That’s when the IIV gets a little louder.

Where do we find comfort in the comeback, without romanticizing the suffering or adversity we’ve experienced? With so much that is out of our control, how do we move beyond certain experiences without losing what makes us special?

It’s my mindset that needs practice and exercise.  I want to figure out ways to ask that are both true to me and that allow me to own the shared experience that I‘m inviting. 

In my change management work, I spend a lot of time talking to employees about what keeps them at their jobs and what motivates them to leave. Much like the Gallup quote above, their answer is almost unanimously leadership-related.

Why do you say yes when you really want to say no? What happens if you:

✨Set boundaries

✨Honor those boundaries

✨Choose yourself

Where can we make little changes to how we dress (or behave, or feel) more like ourselves every day, all day? Because don't little changes become big changes when added together and given time?