I love a big, ambitious swing as much as the next person. I get excited about New Years and clean slates and audacious transformations. But as I stare down the arrival of yet another fresh new calendar page, I am resolving to set extremely manageable intentions. Only about 4% of us actually stick with our resolutions. So this year, no more drama. Instead, let's be modest and sensible together.
Meaningful change doesn't come from doing one big thing, once. It comes from building habits, from making little shifts that feel good enough to stick with. It's almost embarrassing how much better my life got this past year when I decided to eat more fruit and read more fiction. It's incredible how much stress I've avoided on at least a weekly basis by heeding the wisdom that shutting up is free. Maybe 2023 is the year you buy less fast fashion or spend more time outdoors or learn to cook a few meals. And maybe in twelve months, you'll be amazed at the ways in which doing little things, consciously and repeatedly, can add up.
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