Another year draws to a close with a new one on our doorstep. Many are contemplating bad habits, considering positive changes, and making a list then checking it twice – even if Santa has retired for the next 11 months!
Ah, the magic of January 1st. The clock strikes midnight and we are determined to set forth on a journey of health and wellness. We will drink green juice for breakfast and exercise daily. We will meditate, take up yoga, and rise before dawn. We won’t drink or smoke. We will join a dry- or dry-ish January group, swearing off booze and cleansing our bodies.
And we won’t make one change, or resolution, we will make an unrealistic laundry list of changes that we couldn’t possibly achieve long-term, or even short-term.
Fast forward to January 31st. How did you do? Were you successful? Or did you fall short? And if you fell short, how did you handle it – eat more, drink more? Beat yourself up and feel like a failure?
As we start the last weekend of the year, let us wise-up before the clock strikes midnight on Sunday, kicking off 2024.
January 1st isn’t a magical day. A new year may be full of promise, yet it’s only what you’ll make of it.
How about just taking it one day at a time? How about waking up in the new year and vowing to be the best you can be every day, this year and every year to follow?
How about making no resolutions and simply carrying on with your life, on your journey, improving on what you can, when you can – no date on the calendar, no pressure, no expectations – just gently easing into the year with a commitment to being the best version of you?
The best resolution, may be no resolution. May you make this a wonderful year!
