After you've taken stock, pick the one activity above that if you were to do more or less of would most significantly improve your life or bring you more happiness + joy.

So what does it mean to set the state? It means to commit to being the person you want to be regardless of the response or situation.

When what we can control narrows further, we must go deeper and bring a higher level of consistency to that which helps us to show up at our best. Both for ourselves and our loved ones.

Rather than building up frustration on what we think “should” be, we can rest on a proven practice to steer us towards a happier and healthier state, we can rest on gratitude.

But the question I had to ask myself and the question I ask you, can you do what’s best for yourself even when it’s most difficult to do so?

A vision board won’t get us there. Journaling on our ideal life, though helpful, won’t move us towards our ideal life. But action will.

We must identify our tendencies, and should we care to, bring intentionality to going the other way.

What's not easy but does help us step into our best and least-judgmental selves? Playing the game: How Am I That?