I also wholeheartedly despise the ‘new year, new me’
mantra that people churn out every year come January 1st. I say ‘New
Year, same me. I’m just going to try and be better at texting people back…”
(why is that such a struggle for me?!)
However, as New Year’s is just around the corner and we’re
almost at the 2017 finish line (seriously though, where has this year gone?) I
guess it IS a good a time as any to ‘tweak’ a little. I think the key to successful
resolutions (New Year’s or not) is 1) be realistic 2) a limit to them. Making grand,
sweeping statements like; ‘I’m going to go to the gym 5 days a week from now on’
from not going at all is just setting yourself up for abject, failure and nothing
feels worse than failure.
This also means, do not eliminate entire food groups e.g.
carbs or sugar. You’ll make it to January 18th at a push and feel
miserable for those eighteen days. Sugar. Sugar is in absolutely everything, do
you’re destined to fail. Maybe just cut down slightly; remove it from your
morning tea. Skip that 3 o’clock chocolate based snack.
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Pop round your mums once a week and help her
walk the dog.
·
Visit Grandad once a month and watch that film
you’ve always talked about together.
·
Join that netball team that your best friend has
been nagging you to do with her.
·
Look after your sister’s kids every now and then
to give her the night off.
My New Year’s resolution (am I a massive hypocrite? Yes!) will be to
read a book every month. This will keep my brain ticking over. It means I always have something worthwhile, to talk about for that month, either the book itself or the
topics it touches upon. It burns time on my commute from Kent (assuming you don’t drive…)
and I can make recommendations to my friends (how selfless!). I’m going to
make it my mission to have a book in my bag at all times and instead of
reaching for my phone and aimlessly scrolling through Instagram, I’ll read
instead.
Just a few thoughts to finish off with; do not let
failure throw you off your course of progression. Just because you fucked up,
doesn’t mean you should give up. Learn from where you went wrong. If you binge on a packet of biscuits mid-week because you’re having sugar withdrawals ease
yourself back into it. Just one less fizzy drink a day is still achieving
something!
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