The one diet tip nobody mentions

There is one diet tip that I think could help a lot of people regardless of the diet that they are on.  It doesn’t have to do with the rules of what or how much you eat. It has to do with making it easy and appealing to prepare the things you eat. And it’s […]

No Buying Sugar for a Year – Plus Thoughts on Designing Goals

One of my goals for 2018 is to not buy sugar.  This isn’t about having a hard-core goal that is some sensational story to blog about: “I went one year without eating any sugar.  Here’s what happened!”  Nope.  There is nothing hard core about it when I’m allowed to eat desert at my friend’s house […]

New Year’s Reflections

My favorite holiday is New Year’s.  I don’t party.  There is no bottle of champagne at my house.  If I’m awake at midnight it’s probably only because of my neighbors setting off fireworks. I just like the feeling that it is a new year.  It seems to invite quiet reflection on the last year and […]

Update on Best Month Ever Challenge – Anti-Procrastination

I thought since the month is about half over, it would be a good time to do a progress check on my Best Month Ever Challenge.  Taking the time to check in with goals and think about both what is going well and what isn’t is a really important aspect of actually achieving things. The […]

‘Do it right’ vs. ‘Do it’

One thing I’ve been thinking about recently is how I have strategies for success that are often opposing ideas.  They actually coexist happily and I frequently switch from one to another.  An example of this is the strategies of ‘Do it right’ and ‘Do it.’  Both are incredibly useful mindsets.  Taking either approach will probably […]