New Years Resolution, or Nah?

How many times have you made a New Year's resolution and found that you have not been able to keep up by the 2nd month in the year?

Are you tired of making New Year's resolutions? Listing them out, and then figuring out that you can't continue?

What are realistic resolutions for the New Year?

Realistic resolutions would be planning things that you generally do throughout the year and making changes to achieve positive results.

Actually,

The best New Year's resolutions are those made before the 1st of the year.

• Start planning out what you will do prior to the new year.

• Reach out to friends and family. Perhaps do a re-evaluation on the importance of your relationships

• Quit old or bad habits. (Make a conscious effort to be mindful of these habits)

• Ensure that you schedule and keep medical appointments, especially annual physicals, and dental appointments.

• Get organized

• Reach out to others. Check on neighbors, people, and old acquaintances

• Make decisions and plans to get out of debt

• Write out realistic goals and plans.

According to a 2022 survey conducted by Statista, the most common New Year's resolutions in the United States are related to health and wellness, including exercising more, eating healthier, and losing weight.

Common choices for improvement are to eat healthier, exercise more, give up smoking and/or alcohol, go to the gym (or back to the gym), journal more, and meditate.

5 Tips to keep your New Year's resolution:

1. Make a plan

2. Be specific

3. Write down a goal and visualize it

4. Make the plan something that you really want

5. Forgive yourself if this plan does not materialize

If you know that you are not going to keep your New Year's resolution, it's okay not to make one. It can be frustrating starting over from year to year and repeating the same cycle. If it's a "Nah," it's fine.