When you lack personal agency, you experience life as something that happens to you and can feel helpless to its challenges. Your agency fuels your achievements and infuses your experiences with personal meaning. Among the various paths to developing personal agency, one path tends to be underappreciated: physical exercise.

Flipping the calendar to a brand-new year is always an exciting time. We are drawn to the promise of a fresh start, the excitement of possibility, and the opportunities that lie ahead. Whether we are writing ourselves a new story or continuing what we have started in the past – it is with the arrival of the new year that we dream big, imagine what could be, and have a chance to step into that person we wish to become. Embracing a growth mindset is essential to maximizing this energy as we turn the page to the new year.