How to reinvent yourself.

It’s hard for me to say it, but fall is right around the corner. Even though as I’m writing this, the temperature is 105 degrees here in Texas. The truth is my wife is taking our kids school shopping as we speak. Next week, they head to elementary school, and for many people that is the unofficial start to fall. 

As my thoughts turn to cooler temperatures (please, God!), shorter days and changing colors, my mind actually drifts to the New Year. See, the New Year is when most of us make resolutions, and plenty of those resolutions are peppered with promises to change. To grow. To mature. To reinvent ourselves even. What else is behind so many of our perpetual promises to “join the gym” and shed some weight? 

But while New Year’s gets a lot of the “new year, new me” hype, I actually think fall presents a better opportunity for resolutions. Why? Because I think it’s a little easier to follow through on them at this time of year. 

Take the gym example above. When you vow to get in shape on J…