Cancel your gym membership.

Drink coffee, but perhaps not the third glass of wine.

Turn off the tv, make your phone black and white, with no notifications.

Do less. Eat less, drink less.

Most resolutions fail because they don’t have a narrative imperative. There is nothing driving you to do them.

Why sign up for a years non attendance at a gym, pretend you’ll get up half an hour earlier, or take up a new hobby you’ll stop in a few weeks when the urge leaves you.

Give something up instead, find the imperative.

It will give you more in the end, by creating space. A space that will fill itself with better things, naturally.

A walk becomes a run, mental space a new creativity, improved health the natural desire to continue to improve. Then, only then, will you want to exercise, read, learn and develop.

Give something up today, and start growing.