It’s not too late for New Year’s resolutions! But, I wish it were.

New Year’s resolutions are so 200-and-late.

You’re not going to be able to convince me that MORE stuff on your phone book-length list of stuff in your life is going to add value or happiness or dollars or raise your metabolism.

Instead, if you want to have the best year ever, be a quitter.

Take me, for instance: Have you heard from me since last year circa Thanksgiving?

No, you haven’t (I’ve missed you!).

I have, instead, been building an empire of workshops and products for you, and also planning (and going on) a trip for myself to Africa (which you’ll hear more about, it was AMAZING).

To do those things well, I chose to write to you less.  And writing to you is something that I LOVE to do (via my blog or newsletter or Tuesday Tips).

But being a quitter of even things I love was important for me to hit other things out of the park.

And you don’t have to start by quitting things you love to hit other things out of the park. Do something instead that’s easier than falling off of a log…

Have the best year ever in areas that actually matter to you (liiiiiike being happy at your job, building a really successful career, feeling 100% comfortable in your skin at your right weight) by quitting stuff that isn’t working:

• Quit lying to yourself. Yes, I’m calling you a liar. I’m one, too — it takes one to know one. Ask yourself, what is the one thing I don’t want to talk about? This will show you where you’ve been lying to the most important person in your life: You.
  For instance…Are you really happy in the relationship you’re in, or are you treading water because you’re afraid of being alone. Talk some truth, it doesn’t mean you have to make one iota of a move, which is the irony: the lying causes your internal turmoil, the truth never does.
• Quit putting off finding the right career for YOU. Because you’ll never, ever be happy in your job unless you go through the not-so-hard process of figuring out what the right job for you is. The best news? You can definitely figure it out. I believe that the real you, deep down, knows what the right work for you is. If wanting to be in the right career (and you’re not so sure you are right now) sounds like you, take my class on finding your right work, and you will.  Wednesdays @ 7pm  January 27th until February 10th. (Only 2 spots left! Sign up before they are gone, baby, gone.)
• Quit dieting. I mean it. Stop at this very moment, because dieting will only make you fat. You may lose weight before you gain it back, but if you want to lose weight for good and stop obsessing about food, you’ve got to learn to be in tune with your body. The beauty of this is you learn this relationship once, and you have it for a life time. That’s why this class is also called, Lose Weight Permanently (it doesn’t require a life time of discipline like a diet does … which is IMPOSSIBLE). Join me in Taking it ALL Off (sign up HERE, and you’ll get last year’s price (only until the launch!) but it’s already half-way full, so don’t delay). Read more about it HERE.
• Quit the stuff that sucks the life out of you. You know the stuff I mean… that committee, that friendship, that club, that position. Everyone has stuff that they feel they have to do, and you know what? No one HAS TO do anything. Especially not a stupid book club or a social obligation. If it drains you and adds no joy to your life, it’s gotta go.

Quit just one thing and you’ve unleashed time and focus and energy for the things that are working for you, and to find the things that make you the happiest ever.

Doesn’t that sound easy? Quitting one thing? That’s because it is!

And if you’re like me (read: lazy), you’ll do something if it’s easy. And if it will make room for joy in your life.

Because happiness is the greatest gift you can give anyone. Including yourself.

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