The temptation with the new year is to make enormous shifts in the way we do things. Rarely do these last more than a month.

The best approach is to make small changes in our habits that move us in a better direction.

Pray for three minutes. Read a chapter of your Bible. Keep a thankful journal. Write an encouraging text to someone every single day.

These small incremental changes will add up faster than you realize, and they will be sustainable in the long run. We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short time and underestimate what we can do in five years. Doing one small thing every day this year is better than doing one big thing for a month.

Change your habits, and in the end, you change your life.