#134: Big commitments loosely held - by Haley Nahman
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Gut-checking our January verve
On January 1st of this year, like several January 1sts before it, I started a 30-day yoga challenge on YouTube. In prior years, I have both failed the challenges (quit mid-month) and completed them (on January 31st), but until now, I’d never finished one in February, as that’s simply not how the challenge is designed. The boundaries—January 1st to January 31st—are definitional. You either complete the challenge or you don’t. The point is to practice 30 days in a row, even when you don’t want to, even when it’s 11 p.m. and you’re a little tipsy (surprisingly kind of fun). This year I’ll…
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