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Today's tip is that if you feel things haven't been going well for you for a while,

figure out what it's going to take to pivot, if at all possible.

You don't want to stick with the story that it hasn't been your year any longer than you need to. And you definitely

don't want to be saying that this hasn't been your decade. So if you are a 90s TV fan, I bet you can

sing along with the theme song from the sitcom Friends.

I'll be there for you when the rain starts to pour.

I'll be there for you like I've been there before.

Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D-O-A.

When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.

I apologize if that song is now stuck in your head. It is a promise of faithful friendship, even if life is hard. And sometimes it just is. If you are going through

difficult medical treatments or watching a loved one go through

them, if you are dealing with chronic pain, or the aftermath of a divorce, or anything like that,

you can certainly feel like it hasn't been your year. I hope you do have friends and family members who will be there for you,

just like the song says, during those times. But where we have to be careful is when we have

been going through a rough patch, and then this starts to become the overarching story of life.

I know a lot of people sort of rode off 2020 by about halfway through the year, because it was such a tough year. But even in a terrible year, there are

probably some good moments. When you feel like the first six months of a year have been

bad, and then you say, this isn't my year, this can become a self-fulfilling prophecy for the rest of it.

You play up the bad moments that happen as part of the narrative. Of course this is happening, right? You don't relish

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