Cold Turkey – New Year’s Resolutions

My Father’s Impenetrable Will Power

My father smoked for many years (pretty heavily), then one day decided to quit. COLD TURKEY! He never smoked a cigarette again. Will’s willpower was always something I found inspirational. He managed to stick to his guns when tackling ugly habits.

Willy Norberg

When making our resolutions this year, let’s pay tribute to my father’s memory by sticking to them. If everyone reading will do this for at least 1 resolution this year, imagine how happy he would be.

Treehouse Line

My 2026 New Year’s Resolutions

My resolutions are pretty similar every year. Here they are for 2026:

Spend more time doing the things I love: Time with family, more surf, more travel, more good food, and more creative pursuits!
Less Toxic Lifestyle: If you follow my challenges, you’ll see this is a constant battle. My father stopped both smoking and booze cold turkey! He was an amazing man. Though I don’t smoke, and I don’t plan full abstinence from alcohol, I’m always striving for a healthier lifestyle. So, I’ll be limiting alcohol, sugar, late nights, too much work, and cutting any final shitty people from my life. That’s it!
Dry January: Along those lines, I’m going to join my sis on a Dry January Journey! Let’s see how we feel February 1st.

Who’s with me?

ABOUT CHRIS

PAST: 2 decades on Maui, 38 years of surfing, 21 countries traveled, and just 1 treehouse built.

PRESENT: Seeking great food, would create art daily if I had endless energy/time, I run 3 businesses, and I put family at #1. Prepping for the next personal challenge.

FUTURE: We just got back from some very big trips, so mini trips and time on Maui!

21 Day Challenges

Abstinence:

No booze - Cutting out midnight snacking too.
No sugar - Nothing processed. Some fruit is ok.
No caffeine - Might add in green tea if headaches occur.
No social media - I'll do my best to schedule/delegate work.
Heartburn/GERD - Focus on gut repair.
EMP Prep - Learn, Prep, Gather for potential EMP attack.
Dry January - No booze, only healthy habits.
No clutter - Each day I'll spend 2 hours culling the cluter, be it on the computer, in closets, the garage, etc...
No meat - I might make an exception for fish & eggs...
No screentime - TV/movies, phone, social, work?
No Dairy - Cut out everything.
No Gluten - 100% gluten-free and mostly carb free.
Organic - Eat only organic.
No Dark Colors - wear only light clothing.
Toxic People - Actively delete contacts and remove crap humans.

Persistence:

Workout - Daily circuit, swim, surf, or hike.
Sleep - Daily bedtime of 9 am with at least 8 hours of sleep.
Breath Hold/Work - Daily practice to increase time.
Meditate - Daily 20+ minutes of meditation or breath work.
Reading - 40+ books read in a year.
Surf - Daily surf sessions for 1-hour minimum.
Videos - Daily editing and publishing.
Build - Daily build of a catio.
Gratitude Journal - Daily paragraph to page.
Art - Daily artwork of at least 1 hour.
Blogging - 1 daily blog post on this site or for work.
Ice/Heat - Daily Ice Bath and/or Sauna.
Friendship - Daily active time with friends.
Water - Only water as liquid intake, 10+ glasses daily (with minerals.)

Please comment below if you’d like to join me on one of these!