The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Marksissons

and is narrated by Brock Armstrong.

Does 2015 have your name on it?

This is going to be my year. It's a common refrain as we change over the calendars every

year, and I thoroughly believe each and every one of us should be thinking this exact thought

today. As brazen a statement as it might seem, it encapsulates the full possibility and responsibility

of owning this year for yourself. The fact is, this year does belong to you. The only requirement

is being lucky enough to be alive today. That's it. If you're beginning the year in health far poorer than

you'd hope, 2015 is just underway. No matter if you have weight to lose, strength to gain,

eating habits to change, or stress to be conquered, 2015 is one day in. What could you be doing,

feeling and seeing by next New Year's? What will you do

with this one priceless year? Let me propose something bold. Do you expect anything less from me at this

point? Those of you who've been here before today this year let's go for broke

going for broke let yourself imagine what that could mean for you and your life and no

small thinking here let's shoot those limitations down right away think Think creatively, expansively. What would you like

to be able to do? Let me cut into the good self-reflection for a moment and offer a word of

caution about framing these visions. So often people say, I would love to get back to X,

like X being to 180 pounds, back in small jeans,

or back in the shape the way they used to be. Used to be. Back. Old. In reality, you'll never get back to

X, no matter what it is. And that's a good thing. It's not about going back, don't dwell

in past visions. They too often breed unhelpful comparisons and put an artificial cap on our success.

So many of us go through life with a fixed sense of self. We hold onto a misguided and tightly circumscribed sense of what we're

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