Good morning from Milano. What’s on my mind today is this thing that been going through the back of my thoughts: are you walking your talk? In particular as it relates to the new year stuff,  I guess I’ve felt a little bit overwhelmed by all of the posts about taking stock of 2023, the word of the year, and what are your goals?

Yes, this is stuff that I love and that is so important to me. I really feel very strongly about directing your attention, and your time and energy. At the same time, I don’t want it to feel like homework. For some reason, I’ve been a little bit shut down this week, feeling a little bit guilty about it and asking myself this question are you walking your talk.

I got on the phone yesterday with one of my buddies and I said to him, so what is the new year look like for you? Like, do you have a word of the year? Do you write goals for yourself? Like, how does it work for you? And he said, of course I set my intentions for the new year. Then he said exactly what I needed to hear. He said but I wait for it to come. It was like, boom. I realized that I have set the bar around goal setting a little bit high for myself this year, for some reason. Maybe it’s because I’ve been thinking about it and talking about it – and I want to do this rocket fuel group – but the truth of the matter is I have let myself go this week.

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