Let’s kick-off our series on using technology intentionally with an inventory.   To better understand how you use technology, over the next few days, focus on observing how you feel when you go online and use social media, and how often you are online.  To start, after you go online or social media, check in with […]

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May 18, 2018

Technology: Take Inventory

In our series on values-based goals, we’ve focused on identifying how your values shape your goals, living your best self, and charting your course to reach those goal.  Last week, we focused on overcoming obstacles.  As a final step, think of ways that you can ‘trip over’ your goals.  This may be sharing your goals […]

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April 27, 2018

Real Resolutions: Continuing to make progress

In our previous posts, we’ve covered how to use your values to set goals and charting your course to make progress on those goals.  But, we frequently encounter obstacles that interfere with our ability to make progress.  As part of your planning, think about potential obstacles before you encounter them, so you can also make […]

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April 20, 2018

Real Resolutions: Overcoming Obstacles

Now that you’ve spent some time envisioning your best possible self, let’s develop a concrete plan to get you there.  We’ll start with some subgoals that will serve as the specific steps you take to reach your larger goal, while you live out your values along the way.  Creating subgoals allows you to provide structure […]

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April 9, 2018

Real Resolutions: Chart Your Course

In our continuing series on creating resolutions you can stick to, we wanted to give you a short, practical exercise to help you clarify what is important to you–Your Best Possible Self.   This exercise is designed to help you restructure your priorities and gain better insight into your motives and values.  Before you start getting […]

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April 2, 2018

Real Resolutions: Start with Your Best Possible Self

How are your New Year’s resolutions going?  Three months into the new year, resolutions are a distant memory for most people.  January 1st represents a time for fresh starts and pledges to eat healthy, exercise, forgive more, reduce screen times, be kinder, handle stress better, more productive, etc, etc.  But, a few months into the […]

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March 26, 2018

Making Resolutions Stick

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