Chris Evergreen here. Welcome to your daily goodwill
for Saturday, January 3rd, 2026. Today's advice
is for anyone who starts a new year strong and
then immediately hears that little voice saying,
OK, now don't mess it up. If that's you, let's
fix that right now. Here's today's advice. Build
your year on returns, not streaks. Streaks are
fragile. One missed day and your brain goes,
Welp, guess we're a failure now, and throws the
whole plan into the ocean. Returns are different.
Returns say, I stopped, and then I came back.
That's real strength. That's real discipline.
So pick one habit you want this year, just one,
and decide ahead of time what returning looks
like. Examples. If you miss a workout, you return
with a 10 -minute walk the next day. If you fall
off healthy eating, you return with one decent
meal, not a punishment diet. If you stop journaling,
you return with three sentences, not a full autobiography.
Make it easy to come back. That's how habits
actually stick. And your good will move for today.
Give someone a clean slate. Maybe it's forgiving
a small annoyance. Maybe it's letting somebody
be awkward without making it worse. Maybe it's
you giving yourself that clean slate. That's
your Daily Goodwill for Saturday, January 3rd,
2026. You're not defined by perfect streaks.
You're defined by your returns. Talk soon.