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by Tracy / March 5th, 2007
General New Year's Resolutions Info, Obstacles to Keeping New Year's Resolutions, New Year's Resolutions, New Year's Resolution Motivators, New Year's Resolution Reminders, Motivational /
So it’s already March and you’re realizing you didn’t keep up with your New Year’s resolution for even two weeks. Maybe your diet plan was undercut by too much stress and too little time, or your resolution to exercise daily was compromised when you pulled a muscle (which still hasn’t healed) by trying to do an hour on the StairMaster on January 1st. Your desire to organize faded away when you realized you couldn’t even find the things you’d wanted to organize. You’re at a bit of a loss, to say the least! Continue reading
by Tracy / February 20th, 2007
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Yowza! My marathon plan has been going fine so far, but this week thie mileage is upped a bit–just by a mile or two each day, but it’s making a difference. I can definitely feel it in my legs!
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by Tracy / January 30th, 2007
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I’m a big proponent of breaking down tasks into smaller increments. You want to write a novel? Don’t think about writing 50,000 words (like the NaNoWriMo people do); think about outlining your plot, sketching your characters, then writing 1000 (or 500, or 300, or as many as you can manage) words each day. Half of those words may never become part of your final novel–but you’ll never create a novel without them.
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by Tracy / January 15th, 2007
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Looks like Sage Media knows as much about marathon running as I do (see step #7)!
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by Tracy / January 8th, 2007
General New Year's Resolutions Info, Motivational /
This website presents a cool new perspective on modifying behavior: create a “stop doing” list. Instead of worrying about how to do what you want to do, identify some behaviors you’d like to stop doing. This will not only remove negative behaviors from your life, but may also give you more time to start doing things you’ve always wanted to do. Continue reading
by Tracy / December 26th, 2006
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Christmas is over, so it’s time to start making some New Year’s resolutions. Ahhh, New Year’s resolutions: many people make them; few people keep them. The tradition of resolving to make a change in the new year is said to have originated with the ancient Babylonians; it’s speculated that a common resolution in Babylonia was to return borrowed farm equipment to start the new year fresh, without owing anyone.
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