Hey there, Jed here, and this is a happy bit. Today I want to talk to you about my 2018 New Year's

resolution slash goal setting process. And it begins with not thinking about what I want to do or achieve,

but focusing on how I want to feel, how I want to feel at home with my relationships,

with my work, and in every aspect of my life. I'm not going to share all of my goals,

but I'm going to share three. So my first step was to fill up our bath and put in some

Epsom salt, which has lots of magnesium. It's very relaxing. And I took my notebook and a pen

and I got quiet and grounded and centered. And I spent a few moments breathing into my heart area.

And what does that mean? Just imagining the breath going right to your heart. Then I did a few gratitudes.

And what does this do? It helped me to get grounded, centered into the right energetic space,

not an energy of frenetic or frantic or have to or must, but an energy of allowing and ease and flow.

And then, as I relaxed in the bath for about 90 full minutes,

I began to write, how do I want to feel at home? And I realized I wanted to feel more grounded

and in control. When I'm in the energy or the energetic space, I felt well in the bath. I'm a better mom. I'm calmer. I'm more

positive. I'm less reactive and I'm way more patient. So I wanted to feel more grounded and in

control. So I realized the key to that was my morning routine. And so I've been pretty good about my morning routine,

but I wanted to tighten it up. So I wrote down a few things I absolutely need to do. And so those include

waking up and moving and doing some yoga. I jump in my rebounder and do yoga. And of course,

I meditate and pray to return to that calm

and grounded energy that I love so much and that makes me a better mom in person. I have a bit

of visualization and vision journaling. Why this? Well, having a vision of what you want and actively thinking about it not only strengthens

neural connections in your brain, but it's kind of like Dora the Explorer, which is a show my

kids loved. I don't even know if it's popular anywhere, but we love Dora around here.

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