Michael E. Thies

It is that time of season where everyone is celebrating a new year. For some of us, this is the time of season where we do these challenges like “New Year, New Me.” Last year, I helped you to make successful diet resolutions. And the year before that I took a look at how a growth mindset could benefit you and your new year. This year, to help you really hone in on all of your goals this year, I want to focus on a key element often forgotten about when it comes to goal-setting, an often-neglected question: What is your Why?

A while ago, I wrote a blog post about my top five non-fiction books. As an accompanying post to that, I wanted to write today about the top five fiction books that I have read personally.

In a recent blog post, I mentioned the benefits of getting up early. I wrote that post to encourage people to join the 5 a.m. club challenge that Life’s Kitchen had going on throughout the month of April. Now that this challenge has come to a close, for those of you who didn’t get a chance to experience the beauty and silence that awaits you at 5 a.m., here are some tips for how you can build a morning routine for yourself.