Show notes
The New Year is here, and we are all hard at work on our resolutions. Do you want to lose weight? Get more organized? Quit smoking? Did you make the same resolution last year? What about the year before that? Join our hosts, Juliet C. Dorris-Williams and Gabe Howard, as they discuss why making a New Year’s resolution can be damaging and how to work towards long-term goals and recovery year round. Show Notes: 1:29 – “It’s almost always generated by some type of outside force….I do not like New Year’s resolutions. Because we want people to feel like they are worthy.” (Change comes from within. If the motivation for change isn’t your own, you are unlikely to succeed.) 3:10 – “All of these people are going to make money on how bad we feel about ourselves.” (Many resolutions are inspired by commercial advertising, which is designed to prey on our perceived inadequacies.) 7:47 – “We have a goal and milestones and steps along the way. That’s how we get there.” (Large or long-term goals need to be broken down into smaller parts.) 15:33 – “Don’t be wedded to a mistake just because you took a lot of time to make it.” (Be humble enough to see when the path you are on is not going in the right direction.) 17:27 – “As long as you are still alive, you can still do it.” (Large goals take a long time, and it is never too late.) 20:43 – “How about being happy now?” (You will not magically be happy at some future time. Recovery is a lifelong and daily process.)
