Clear Your Decks for Jan 1 – 12/09

Another new year is looming. I try to set Jan. 1 apart in my mind because seeing it as a beginning gives me hope that things just might get better from then on. Dec. 31 could be like garbage day. You’ve been bagging it up for 12 months and it finally gets hauled away....

Improve Your Life This Year – 1/08

I start ‘08 with my yearly challenge to you: to improve your life in some way next year. It takes time to assimilate new habits, so I suggest  picking some small thing to work on at a time. Start with something kind of trivial to practice. If you actually mark your...

N.Y. Challenge – Dec. ’05

I challenge you to change. I challenge you to improve your life in some way next year.  And since it takes time to assimilate a new habit, I challenge you to pick some little thing to work on every three months. Think of it as quarterly returns, but instead of...