How to Make 2021 Your Best Year

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

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

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🗓️ 28 December 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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We all have something we want to do "someday," but for most of us "someday" just never seems to come around. Here's how to make 2021 the year you finally put all the pieces together, and achieve the goals you've set for yourself. Key Topics: 4:00: What leads to change that lasts? 5:40: Do you really WANT to change? 9:00: How to change your self-concept. 14:00: “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” 16:00: Small changes that lead to big ones. 20:00: Appreciating the finite nature of life. 22:30: “What do you want to give as a gift to the person you will be tomorrow?” 25:30: What makes for a good resolution? 29:00: Using Forrest as a guinea pig: setting good goals and maximizing your resolutions. 33:00: Picking very clear commitments, and making things simple. 34:30: Thinking about how it would feel at the end of 2021 if you accomplished what you set out to do. 41:00: Finding consistent effort. 45:00: Summarizing the key questions. 48:00: Recap. Support the Podcast: We're on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Sponsors: From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/BEINGWELL and get a free trial of their Premium Membership. Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Connect with the show: Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to being well I'm Forrest Hansen. If you're new to the podcast, this is where we explore the practical science of lasting well-being, and if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:18.0	I'm joined today, as usual by Dr. Rick Hansen, so Dad, how are you doing today?
0:22.6	I'm good.
0:23.3	I'm really good for us.
0:24.4	As always, I just love doing this with you, and I thank you for letting me do this with you.
0:29.2	Well, thanks, Dad.
0:31.9	I'm glad that you appreciate that I have permitted you to continue to appear on my podcast, you know.
0:38.0	But that is actually the power structure a lot, you know, if anyone becomes a parent they know you know when your kids are
0:44.3	literal they need your permission right but when your kids are adults you need
0:48.9	their permission it's so true it's so true yeah I know I'm definitely setting the boundaries of the relationship more these days.
0:57.0	But yeah, I'm so glad to be doing it with you as well and glad to have a finally made it to the end of 2020.
1:04.4	Oh yeah.
1:05.4	A year that will live in infamy, as they say.
1:08.2	And maybe with that in mind, we've come to the end of a very long and strange and often quite uncomfortable year.
1:15.3	If you're listening to this podcast, you've probably had a lot to overcome this year, and you
1:19.6	made it.
1:20.3	And I think that it's good to start by just appreciating that we all made it.
1:25.0	We made it.
1:26.0	Exactly.
1:27.0	Whoosh!
1:28.0	Still here.
1:29.0	Yeah, absolutely.
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