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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

1854: Stop Making Resolutions (and Just Start) by Jay Harrington of Life And Whim on Taking Risks

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Jay Harrington of Life and Whim insists that we stop making resolutions and start them instead. Episode 1854: Stop Making Resolutions (and Just Start) by Jay Harrington of Life And Whim on Taking Risks Jay and Heather Harrington are the husband and wife team behind Life and Whim. They started Life and Whim after moving their family to Traverse City, a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, to break the script of their life and reimagine what's possible. They live in pursuit of a purposeful, meaningful, active, and simple life. The original post is located here: https://www.lifeandwhim.com/first-moments-blog/stop-making-resolutions-just-start Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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Slack.com slash DHQ. New Year, new me. Nah, I'm fine just the way I am. Doing the things

0:35.3

I love, like enjoying a latte on the bus with some music or on a walk with a friend. My

0:42.7

only resolution is to enjoy more of what I love, like switching up my usual with oat,

0:49.2

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1:26.3

Stop making resolutions and just start by J. Harrington of LifeAndWim.com. I've long abandoned

1:35.7

the idea of setting and sticking with new year resolutions. For me, it's a futile exercise

1:41.6

that inevitably results in failure and regret. I'm not a particularly disciplined person,

1:47.5

so unless I really want to do something, it won't happen. If I do want something, I just

1:53.0

do it. I don't wait until the new year to start. If I do wait, it's a sign that I just

1:58.3

don't care that much. While I don't have much interest in resolutions, I do try to take

2:03.2

time at years end for reflection. This involves analyzing what worked and didn't in the prior

2:09.3

year and thinking about how to apply lessons learned to future endeavors. The biggest thing

2:14.8

I've learned over the last couple of years is that almost everything good and uplifting

2:19.4

and positive that has happened in my life has typically been accompanied by some feelings

2:24.1

of emotional angst, pain, and uncertainty. It's the paradox of success. Achievement requires

2:31.6

discomfort, but we're conditioned to avoid discomfort. In other words, we seek to shield

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