There is a somewhat large debate over New Years resolutions. Some people live for making them and other people scoff at those who do. I'm somewhat in the middle. On one side, people say that New Years resolutions fizzle out mid January, early February. However, other people stick with them and make a complete lifestyle change by the end of the year.
Last year I wrote a blog post called "New Year New Me" explaining that you don't need the beginning of a new year to change things you'd like to change about yourself, although it does bring a seemingly "fresh, new" opportunity to do so.
I see my resolutions as "goals" because essentially that's what they are. I also think that our minds stick with the term "goal" better than "resolution" because we usually associate resolution with short-term, unattainable, and goals as something to strive for.
With all this being said, resolutions have to be rational. Someone who's never exercised before (or at least recently) probably shouldn't make it their goal to run a marathon in March. Someone who hasn't exercised could, however, make it their goal to start walking every day, then gradually start running and eventually train for a 5k.
While having a specific goal gives you a target, it can also be discouraging if you don't reach the goal. Have smaller "stepping stone achievements" along the way could make you less likely to abandon your plans. Here's another health related example, you may want to start eating cleaner. If you're used to eating junk food and guzzling soda, trying to eliminate everything at once may be difficult and then lead you falling back to your old ways entirely. Use moderation. Maybe start with cutting back on soda and increasing your water intake. Then, cut the potato chips and candy. Almost everyone has cheat days, and I think that goes back to balance. We aren't going to be perfect 100% of the time (or at least I'm not).
Okay, now for my resolutions:
1. Confidence: This was one of my resolutions from last year. Confidence is always going to be an area I can improve on because I'm really self conscious and I constantly worry about what others think of me (I know it doesn't matter but I still worry about it, also who doesn't think of what others think about them, it's human nature to want to be liked?).
2. Stop Biting My Nails: Also another resolution from last year. I'm up and down with this, some points during the year I had enough self control to completely stop but I always slip back. My issue is that I do it subconsciously or as a nervous habit and I don't realize I'm doing it until it's too late. But this year maybe I'll finally stop.
3. Eating Cleaner: Overall my family is known as the "healthy" family because we don't stock up on candy or soda or really any massive amounts of junk food. However, I bake a few too many desserts which in turn leads me to eat a few too many cookies, brownies, etc. Eating cleaner will probably help boost my confidence, too, because I'll be feeling better about myself. Overall, I do eat healthy, but I just want to be more aware of the food I'm consuming going into 2016. I also have a strong love for sour gummy worms when I'm stressed out during layout week for newspaper... So maybe I should find a substitute for those...
Those are going to be my main three resolutions for 2016. Do you make new years resolutions? If so, what are they?
Until next time,
Taylor xx
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