Start the Year right #2

Intentions for 2026 - #2
This is for the self-saboteurs!

Research tells us that when we aim for something, if we are the slightest bit neurospicy (or like me, a little bit passive-aggressively rebellious), we often spend a lot of energy trying to figure out how we're going to get around the very goal that we have set for ourselves.

I know it sounds counterintuitive, but self-sabotage is a real issue and one of the main reasons why New Year's Resolutions don't work.

This is how I've sorted this problem.

Choose one thing from your MORE OF list (see earlier post), and here's the brain trick.

Instead of focusing on the end result, we'll focus on ONE HABIT for which the positive outcome is simply a side effect.

My goal is ONE HABIT that, if done consistently, will result in an ‘accidental’ benefit.

Here's my example: I want MORE OF the days where I wake up feeling rested in 2026.

My ‘secret’ goal is more sleep every night. I've known this for years, but my creative brain doesn't always cooperate!

So my HABIT is this: I READ at 10 pm.

That doesn't mean I go to sleep, but by reading at 10, I’m pretty much guaranteed to be sleepy shortly thereafter.

Rather than focusing on the result, I choose ONE HABIT that I know will ‘accidentally’ give me a good result, and track that for 30 days.

YOUR TURN - what do you want MORE OF for 2026?
What’s ONE HABIT that could ‘accidentally’ get you the result you are after?

Could you commit to that habit for 30 days with me? Let me know what your habit is, and we can do this together!

x Julia Grace
Be Kind to Your Mind