In this episode of the Becoming You podcast, I share how I’m designing my 2022 for success and how I’m doing it a little differently than in previous years.

I stopped setting New Year’s Resolutions years back once I realized that it’s nothing more than an arbitrary way to design goals. More often than not, we disappoint ourselves a few weeks into January when we fall off the wagon.

When we fail our New Year’s Resolutions, it compounds any shame we have and tends to make us believe that we’re not enough.

You might have listened to my previous episodes where I share my 29029 Everesting experience where I finished the challenge with two hours to spare. It was the hardest thing I’d done to date.

Jesse Itzler, a billionaire partly responsible for the creation of 29029, has another fantastic year-long coaching program called the Build Your Life Resumé. I’ve recently enrolled in it, and I’d like to share the three foundational lessons I learned from taking the program that you can use in designing your 2022 for success.

Lesson #1: Choose your misogi

We have a resumé for work. Why not have one for life?

What if we put as much energy and focus on building our life as we do building our career?

The big things that fill you up, whether it’s charity work or out-of-town trips with your family—put them all on your calendar.

The number one thing that Jesse recommends you put on your calendar is a misogi. This is a Japanese Shinto practice of ritual purification by washing the entire body. For the purposes of this program, your misogi is one life-defining event that you will commit to within the year.

Your misogi has to scare the heck out of you so much that you’re more likely to fail at it than to achieve it. However, the journey to get there is the real gift.

Unbeknownst to me, my misogi last year was 29029.

So, pick your misogi for 2020, whether it’s writing a book, starting a business, launching a podcast, or creating a piece of art.

Whatever it is, it’s a memory that you’ll be telling your kids and their kids.

Life is short. Your misogi is part of your legacy, so don’t be afraid to aim high.

Lesson #2: The Kevin Rule

Named after his friend Kevin, Jesse recommends doing something that you wouldn’t normally do every eight weeks. That’s six experiences a year.

For example, if you have another 40 years to live, you will be doing 240 of these experiences in your life.

Personally, I’ve got skiing, running a 5k, and setting up my own composting system lined up for the year!

Just like your misogi, these are exciting, but smaller, events you’ll be doing to spice up your year and offer you a regular sense of accomplishment for going out of your comfort zone.

Lesson #3: Create a habit

The Build Your Life Resumé program recommends creating a new habit every quarter.

However, I’ll be tweaking it for myself to create a new habit every month.

I know that sounds like a lot, but remember that it takes 21 days to create a new habit. I love the idea of solidifying a new habit for 30 days before starting a new one and really stacking up a whole new approach to life as a result.

Whatever frequency you choose, really take the time to pinpoint the habits that you know, if you end up living them out, can completely transform your life.

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