Forget New Years Resolutions, Let's Talk About Commitment and Compatibility

The Overwhelmed Brain

Paul Colaianni: Emotional Abuse and Relationship Expert

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

4.5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2017

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Tune in to every other New Year's podcast if you want to hear about resolutions. I'd rather talk about something you can think about the entire year when it comes to improving your life. Today's episode is all about compatibility and how you can look at any problem in life and narrow it down to a compatibility issue. Sometimes taking out the emotional part of the equation can be helpful if you want to follow the life you want to create for yourself. I realize emotions are what drive us and motivate us and make us whole, but what if your emotions are also what keep you exactly where you are? Are you fighting against the current to try and make things better? Are you stuck? Is your partner compatible with you? Does he or she complimentary or quite the opposite? What about your job? What about that car you drive around, is that compatible? Today's episode is all about the philosophy for living life this whole next year. Follow it and maybe you'll find yourself taking steps that support you instead of ones that hold you back. Today's episode is brought to you by getoutofthemess.com - Real attorneys ready to help you for only $20 a month!

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0:00.0	Today's episode of the Overwhelmed Brain is brought to you by Get Out of the Mess.com, real attorneys
0:06.9	at established law firms for only $20 a month. Totally cool. Are you annoyed by New Year's resolutions?
0:14.1	What about when someone yells,
0:15.1	Happy New Year!
0:16.8	Let's make 2017 even better than 2016,
0:20.3	because this is the only time of year we really care about thinking positively
0:25.0	about the changes we want to make.
0:27.0	That's right if you're listening to this show on the day it's released today is January 1st 2017
0:31.7	that means if you're used to writing, what, the number 2016 on things, then
0:37.4	you'll have to adapt to writing or typing a new number. But of course it's much more than that.
0:41.8	With a new year comes reflection and also resolutions, but resolutions involve commitment at a deep level that bind you to a new routine or a new thought process.
0:53.4	And if you're not already good at committing to a task
0:56.0	that you set your mind to, then making New Year's resolutions
0:59.4	is about as effective as paying the minimum on your credit card bill. You never get ahead. So instead of talking
1:07.1	about New Year's resolutions in this episode, I'm going to talk about compatibility problems with people, places, and things in your life.
1:16.9	What does that mean?
1:18.1	That means that when you go out into life and you try to make something work if it's not compatible with who you are,
1:26.4	how you want to be, how you want to show up in the world, you probably won't show up in the world,
1:31.8	you probably won't enjoy it. You'll probably get burnt out.
1:35.0	Like I'm getting a gym membership. New Year's Resolution, get a gym membership.
1:40.0	And then three days later, you're like, oh, I'm so sore and I'm tired.
1:44.7	And every time I go, I don't like it.
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