Today's time in a walk is helping both of us remain fitness consistent.

Hi, I'm Dave. Let's take a walk. This was always one of my favorite days of the year, January 2nd.

I would approach the new year for years. I would approach the new year with a list of goals for the upcoming year.

Sometimes that list only contained a few goals, maybe a handful, but oftentimes it contained

a dozen or more. It was this long list of things that I was going to tackle with zeal,

that I was going to change, transform my life,

and by the end of the year,

with all these goals having been accomplished, I was going to be a different person,

and that was very exciting.

And I always began my pursuit of these goals, not on January 1st, but on January 2nd.

I'm not entirely sure why I did that.

I think, if I could analyze myself for a moment, I had this awareness that it was always hard for me to accomplish the goals.

But each year I was optimistic that this time it was going to be different.

And the year began with such great enthusiasm and excitement.

And I wanted that excitement, that initial excitement, in its fullness, to last at least one more day.

So we'll get through January 1st, January 2nd, and the excitement would be overflowing because usually what happened is that

after about a week or two, three at the most, that excitement was gone and I was starting

to drop off the pursuit of these goals.

If you are brand new to this podcast,

from time to time you might hear some airplanes taking off or landing.

I live in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,

and I'm walking near the Myrtle Beach International Airport,

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