Our 2/1 Back-to-Ones

Are you already punishing yourself for breaking your impossibly difficult New Year's resolution? Yes, the one where you were going to eat 12 vegetables or run for 20 minutes or read an entire book every single day of 2023 (or do all three, for you masochists out there.) Here's how to work towards goals while remembering that so much of what we feel guilt over is actually morally neutral.

In this episode Amy and Margaret discuss how a "back to one" is different from a resolution, and how viewing resets as inevitable, rather than deep personal failings, is a much more productive approach. Still working on the same resolution from last year? Of course you are! Always be resolving–to move forward without guilt over what you didn't do yesterday.

LINKS!

• Melissa Kirsch for the NYT: "Broken Promises"
• Mick de Boer for Inside Out Mastery: "19 Mind-Blowing New Year’s Resolution Statistics"
• Our "Back to Ones" episode from 2022
• Listen to the "Edit Your Life" podcast, the newest addition to the Adalyst Media network!

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