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Days 62-68 of 120: Seven Days Of People-Watching — The Christmas Body Countdown 62-68 of 120 120 Days to Christmas Seven Days Of People-Watching Two dials, four kinds of people, and who to keep close. Seven days went by, and I'm not going to dress that up. So instead of seven rushed posts, here's one proper one, about something I find fascinating: watching how different people handle honesty and conflict. It's all from what I've noticed over the years, so please take it as my observations, not gospel. Two dials tell you a lot about a person: how honest they are, and how much conflict they bring. DAY 62: THE TWO DIALS Honesty and conflict Picture two dials. One is honesty: how truthful someone is, from low to high. The other is conflict: how much drama and friction they bring, from low to high. Turn them to different settings and you get four very different kinds of people. We all slide around a ...
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Day 29: It Starts Today, Not Monday

Day 29 of 120: It Starts Today, Not Monday — The Christmas Body Countdown
29
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120 Days to Christmas

It Starts Today, Not Monday

It's Thursday. Sorry to the Monday Club, we're starting now.
We've all done it. "Right, that's it, diet starts Monday." Said with full conviction, usually somewhere around a Thursday, usually right before ordering something that has absolutely no business being ordered by someone who's "starting Monday." It's practically a national tradition at this point.
Monday isn't a magic reset button. It's just a day, exactly like today, except today actually exists.
Here's the thing about Monday, it's not special. It doesn't come with extra willpower attached, or a discount on discipline. It's just the day we've all silently agreed is allowed to be the "proper" starting line, while every day between now and then gets written off as a bit of a write off.
THE MONDAY MYTH

Why we all do it

Starting on a Monday feels tidy. A fresh week, a clean slate, a proper beginning. But that tidiness is exactly the trap, because it gives you permission to treat today, and tomorrow, and the day after, as a free pass, three or four days of "it doesn't count yet" before the real thing supposedly begins.

THE ACTUAL PROBLEM

It's never really about Monday

The people who wait for Monday to start are usually the same people waiting for Monday next week too, and the week after that. The date was never the issue. The waiting is the issue, and waiting is available every single day of the week, including Monday.

TODAY, ACTUALLY

It's Thursday. Let's just start

Not a full overhaul, not a perfect plan, just one decent choice today that you'd normally save for "when it really starts." A better lunch. A walk. Water instead of whatever you'd normally reach for. Monday can still show up and do its thing. It just doesn't get to be the only day that counts anymore.

So happy Thursday, and happy start date. Nobody's coming to tell you it officially begins in four days. It begins whenever you decide it does, and today works just fine.
91 days left. Thursday's as good a day as any.
Love, Vikki
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