Forget Resolutions, Focus on Intentions
Happy New Year! It's the first blog of 2022, and I am sure you all are back to school, back to work, back to reality. 2021 was quite a year, but despite the losses and heartaches, there was also a lot of good in my life. So I am truly grateful for that and how the year shaped me. But all that is so last year let's talk about resolutions. Most of us think of the New Year and the promise of new beginnings and then write a bunch of items we want to accomplish before the year ends. Now that is not to say that many people accomplish their goals and find this to be a great way to stay motivated and focused. But a lot of us are on the other side of that boat. We set goals and then cave under the pressure of the high expectations we set for ourselves and then end the year disappointed. The reason for this is simple: Resolutions are binary and fixed, so you either succeed or fail. That can play havoc on the mind. Intentions can have several outcomes, and if things are not going as pla