[Music] happy new year everyone it's my first video of 2022 and uh so i want to say happy new year to everyone i will tell you it's got some flurries outside today for the first time this winter so that's exciting and pretty and beautiful i want to talk about new year's resolutions right the hot topic of the new year better than resolutions set goals so i'm not a firm believer in resolutions because they a lot of times are empty desires um most people when they set a resolution it's in i want to do x this year i'm gonna try to do better at y um but if you really want to accomplish something you need to set a goal and what do i mean by a goal versus a resolution i mean you need to have an action plan so if you want to do x you need to have by a certain date that you want to achieve it you need to have measurements and ways to track along the way are you on track you need to have a plan on how you're going to get there that may include support or accountability partner your goal can be a huge year-long goal that you set up into smaller chunks along the way so that you know you're achieving success throughout or it can be a small goal that's something you just want to accomplish in the next couple weeks or the next month the other reason i'm not huge on resolutions is people waits the new year to make them and i'm a firm believer that anytime you want to change a behavior or to accomplish something you should set a goal and that can be done any day of the year 365 days so whether it's new year's resolution or something else that you're trying to accomplish or achieve set a goal stretch yourself beyond your comfort zone and then set the next goal when you achieve that so you continue stretching and growing hope everybody has a happy new year [Music]