Leading a healthy lifestyle does not only revolve around eating the right kind of food, having a good night's rest or exercising. There is so much that you can do to improve your lifestyle. Removing negativity from your life, for example, can do wonders; it improves your relationships, career, mental health, and even physical health that worsens with stress and or in combination with other psychological factors.

It was an embarrassing place to be, worn out by the demands of leading. Trying to muster an ounce of energy to tackle the next challenge, win the next battle, overcome the next struggle, but there was nothing to draw from. I was leading on empty. The thrill of leading and the adrenaline of winning had blinded me to the swelling fatigue taking place internally. I kept red lining my engine, driving hard to achieve our dreams as quickly as possible and it had caught up.

It's a crisp January 1st morning; the temperature is somewhere in the neighborhood of four degrees (Fahrenheit). Just outside the window, I am looking at the snow-covered peaks that hover above Pagosa Springs, CO. It is a beautiful first day of the year. I know that I am not alone in how I feel about the first of the year, but I LOVE IT! I have always been a raving fan of the new beginning that a new year provides. In many ways, it feels like a clean sheet of paper on which to write a greater story for my life. It is an empty canvas that waits for me to take a brush and color it, thereby beginning to paint my own masterpiece. A new year is the dawn of a new adventure with many opportunities and challenges awaiting my first steps. I love new beginnings, don't you?