January's Letter From the Editor
Get in shape, get organized, and spend more time with familybrare three of the top ten New Years resolutions made by Americans in 2012,braccording to a University of Scranton study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology.
What I found most eye opening in the data was not so muchbrthe list itself, but the fact that 45 percent of those in the study said theybr“usually” make a New Year's Resolution.
Seriously? Have the pitfalls of life weighed so heavily onbrour national psyche that more than half of us no longer even try for a betterbrtomorrow? Close to home, even, thebrlocally owned Life is Good® Genuine Neighborhood Shoppe, with all ofbrtheir catchy, upbeat t-shirt-ology had to close its doors.
Sure, wearing the t-shirt is easy enough, but making abrresolution a reality is quite the contrary. Frighteningly, only eight percentbrof optimists are ever successful in achieving their resolutions. So I can see it makes sense, in a practicalbralbeit dark sort of way, to not strive for improvement.
When it comes to sharpening the saw and getting the most outbrof life sometimes just wearing the t-shirt and voicing your goals can make allbrthe difference. According to the same study, “people who explicitly make resolutions are 10 times more likely tobrattain their goals.” Quite simply, expressing the desire for a better lifebrmakes you more accountable and lets others know you could use theirbrsupport.
So, what's on your t-shirt? FOX 4's Dionne Anglin isbrdreaming of one day writing a book, Impact Fitness’ founder Kevin Kordish wants to help others reach their fitness goals, and the nurses of TexasbrHealth Harris Methodist Southlake strive to continually upgrade the state ofbrnursing.
If you're a 45 Percenter like any of thesebrgo-getters, than you are already hard at work at your own do-good declaration.brIn this case, I wish you luck and offer the year’s first issue of Southlake Style. Even though I own no less than eight Lifebris Good® shirts, let this month’s letter act as my declaration to improvebrupon the magazine that so many of you have come to love.
Yours in Southlake Style-
Mike Tesoriero...