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Every year, millions of people make New Year’s resolutions, hoping to spark positive change. The recurring themes each year include a more active approach to health and fitness, improved finances, and learning new things for personal and professional development.
- Brad Zomick
- Focus on your passions. Dedicate a specific time each week to engage in an activity you love, whether it’s painting, gardening, or playing an instrument.
- Move in ways you enjoy. Instead of focusing solely on physical appearance, exercise to feel more energetic and healthy. Find a form of exercise you enjoy, be it dancing, hiking, or yoga, and make it a regular part of your routine.
- Schedule tech-free days. Choose one day a week (or month) where you disconnect from tech. Maybe you don’t check your emails, leave your phone at home during an outing, or turn your phone fully off.
- Perform random acts of kindness. Once a week, do something kind for someone else without expecting anything in return. It could be as simple as paying for a stranger's coffee or helping a neighbor carry their shopping bags.
- Start a photo journal. Keeping a regular journal is one way to manage stress, channel feelings and keep track of life's most memorable moments. However, setting aside time to write or jot down thoughts can be time-consuming and, depending on your commitments, overwhelming.
- Do one thing each day you don't want to. Everyone procrastinates. Whatever the reason, there's something (or a host of things) that we put off because either they stress us out or, quite simply, we don't want to do them.
- Pause on purpose daily. Each and every day, take a moment to reflect and breathe. “Taking time to engage in small pauses throughout the day can benefit our mental health and wellness, and it can actually help us be productive," Christner says. "
- Focus on why you're eating. This resolution can be helpful for those that are trying to step out of a diet culture mentality, according to Melissa Macher, RD.
- Choose a Specific Goal. Every year, millions of adults resolve to "lose weight," "be more productive," or "get in shape" during the next year. Instead of selecting such an ambiguous goal, focus on something more concrete that you can realistically set your sights on.
- Limit Your Resolutions. While you might have a long list of potential New Year's resolutions, Richard Wiseman, a professor of psychology at Hertfordshire University, suggests that you pick just one and focus your energies on it rather than spreading yourself too thin among a number of different objectives.
- Put Time Into Planning. Don't wait until the last minute to choose your goal. Picking wisely and putting in extensive planning are essential parts of achieving any goal.
- Start With Small Steps. Taking on too much too quickly is a common reason why so many New Year's resolutions fail. Starting an unsustainably restrictive diet, overdoing it at the gym, or radically altering your normal behavior are surefire ways to derail your plans.
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