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Use the 5-Step “De-Resolution” Process to Give Yourself a Break in 2022.
Resist the urge to “change everything”-it’s a fast track to burnout.
Maybe we’re all just too tired.
Wave after wave of COVID, politics, national catastrophes, fires, the Great Resignation, supply chain problems — it may be any one of these things, maybe a combination, but I’m seeing fewer “Here’s the 17 habits you have to start if you don’t want to be a total loser” headlines this year. I think maybe we’re all kind of aware that we need to give ourselves a bit more compassion, a bit more slack this year.
And yet…the urge is still there. My friend mentions he’s got more energy since he gave up sugar. Maybe I should try that. I get a “free online planner” invite. Maybe this one is better than the one I used last year. I get a thank you from the EFF for my monthly donation. You know, I could try to learn coding again.
And so many articles everywhere about the Simple Thing Somebody Did That Made Everything Better.
You probably already know this, but I’m going to remind you anyway, just to be a counter-messenger:
