It's easy to forget the importance of living every day of your life.

That might sound strange, because of course you are alive every day of your life, but think about it. Think of all the days you have wasted being angry, depressed or maybe just lazy. You stay in bed, or you watch TV or spend the day surfing the Internet.

And while 2010 was a pretty good year for me, one in which I accomplished a great deal, 2011 has been nothing special. I have gotten out of the habit of exercising every day, I have gained back more than half of the weight I worked so hard to lose last year and I have had a difficult time sleeping.

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In the 1960s, when I was coming of age, there was a slogan that was so overused that it sounded goofy.

<em>"Today is the first day of the rest of your life."</em>

Goofy, but true.

If you want to accomplish something, don't work yourself up and say you'll start in two weeks, or a month, or even tomorrow. Because tomorrow never gets here.

I have three things I need to do.

1. Start exercising again and eating properly again so that I can regain the fitness level I reached last year.

2. Get back to working on "When I'm 64," with a goal of finishing it before Christmas.

3. Make each day positive; accomplish something meaningful every day.

It starts today.

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