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Holly Richardson: You are going to change, so you just as well steer your own ship

Is this not the best week of the year?! Christmas is over, the new year is around the corner and the normal routines have been put on hiatus. That means, of course, that we can focus on the next decade.

It used to be that I could recycle my New Year’s resolutions each January. Lose weight. Exercise. Read scriptures more. Yell less. It wasn’t until I got specific about my “why” and detailed in the “how” that I was able to start meeting those goals.

For example, getting diagnosed with Type II diabetes 2 1/2 years ago was finally the kick in the pants I needed to give up my Sodalicious habit (and all other forms of sugar) and lose 45 pounds because I want to be around for a lot more years.