NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS: 5 SUGGESTIONS THAT ACTIVATE THE ASPIRATIONS AND INSPIRATIONS

Here we are again. It's time for New Year Resolutions. What list have you compiled? May I suggest some tips and tricks of the trade? Work not only on your resolutions that you have conceived right, but also include those you would undertake at the end of 2023. In a nutshell, your New Self for 2023 and 2024 start NOW. Does that make sense? Feel free to give me your feedback.

Some exquisitely crafted New Year resolutions quotes suggest:

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are. —J.P. Morgan

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. —Gilbert K. Chesterton

I will highlight below a list of 5 choices from the fascinating 65 propositions curated by Good Housekeeping. Enjoy!

The best New Year resolutions would be those centered around and grounded deep within your gratefulness, thoughtfulness and helpfulness. Speak to your sense of purpose and let it guide you. Allow the values and virtues connected to your calling to inform and influence your choices. After all, we make resolutions because we are motivated by doing good with ourselves in order to do good to others.

In an article written in 2016, Marie-Claire Magazine showcased "16 Habits That Real Women Want to Break This Year." Let’s find out how much they reasonate today and what kind of meaning they convey. A couple of them are noted below. The first one connects with my sense of new direction and singular focus. It is all about practicing forgiveness, humbleness and selflessness. I yearn to drift away from consumerism in every sense of the word, to the best of my abilities. I best achieve this pledge by putting a singular focus on how much suffering plagues our world. Let's hear from Marie-Claire Magazine:

India, 28, New York, NY:

"I resolve to consume less in every aspect, be it food, reality TV, fast fashion, etc. I've always been a gluttonous person that tends to overindulge in any and everything, and now feels like the perfect time to stop cold-turkey. No more spending $1000+ every month on convenient Seamless.com dinner/dessert deliveries; no more binge-watching countless hours of television because I'm 'bored;' and no more shopping sprees on High Street just because it seemed like a good buy at the time. I'd like to be much more purposeful with my time and money, and ultimately, my life."

Rachel, 27, Fairhope, AL:

"I love to sleep, bottom line. But as I get older, time goes by faster, so sleeping in until 11 a.m. on Saturday and/or Sunday takes up so much precious time I could be doing something to better myself or spend it with the ones I love. I used to get so mad when I was little when my Dad would wake us up and say 'Do something productive.' But now I'm starting to see where he was coming from. Although I will always love to sleep in (who doesn't), my goal is to not do it as often and enjoy my mornings."

"I want to save more of my money! I know this is a tried-and-true one that everyone strives to do, but I've realized that the money I'm spending on clothes, drinks, and eating out is not as precious as the things I could be spending money on: Trips to new and exciting places, investing in my future, and creating more memories. I also plan on continuing to make strides in one of my newest loves: power lifting. Making improvements in this sport will not only provide me with a greater sense of accomplishment and confidence, but is also an amazing way to really shatter the glass ceiling."

https://www.marieclaire.com/health-fitness/a12927/new-years-resolutions-for-women/

Now, let's ponder over the 5 ideas from the Good Housekeeping list.

1. Volunteer regularly

Research shows that pitching in regularly can lead to less stress and lower blood pressure. Try to schedule an outreach mission of your own on a day of service; many recognize?Martin Luther King Day?as a prime opportunity, or even?Veteran's Day in November. So use this day to jumpstart a longer-term personal commitment — and consider working on this goal with loved ones all year round.

2. Get in a body-positive mindset

Social media can be a big asset in helping you jumpstart new health goals in 2023 — but it can also be easy to get led astray by certain trends and social pressures. There is a growing movement that embraces all shapes, sizes, colors, strengths, abilities (and disabilities!) if you know where to look.?Some of our favorite body-positive accounts?teach us more about all the amazing things?each?and?every?body can achieve.

3. Listen to novels while you work out

Exercisers who saved an audiobook for the gym worked out 51% more often than those who didn't, per a study in?Management Science. Sweat while listening to an intense thriller, and the treadmill time will fly by. Audiobook lender?Audible?allows you to try it for yourself, entirely free, for 30 days. Give it a whirl!

4. Try hydrotherapy

Feeling sore? Visitors to the sprawling?Spa at the Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch?in Avon, Colorado, can switch between 10 minutes in a hot sauna and 30 seconds in a 60°F bath, a treatment known as hydrotherapy.

The temperature shock helps to increase blood flow in your body while mitigating pain, stiffness, or even menstrual pain, per the?Cleveland Clinic. Research suggests that hydrotherapy may aid in muscle recovery more than a day of rest. For at-home treatment, end a hot shower?with a burst of ice-cold water.

5. Do one thing at a time

Multitasking doesn't make you more efficient, but it does stress you out, says mindfulness expert Pedram Shojai, author of?Focus: Bringing Time, Energy, and Money Into Flow.?"If your focus is fragmented, you'll likely find yourself getting anxious as new items come up when old ones are still incomplete," he says.

Instead, he suggests, organize your activities into chunks of time, such as kid time and cooking time, and then "commit to being focused in those allotted minutes and see what happens." It'll help stop you?from overthinking everything.

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/wellness/advice/g985/achievable-new-year-resolutions/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=arb_ga_ghk_md_dsa_prog_org_us_advice&gclid=CjwKCAiAzKqdBhAnEiwAePEjkrHylCmEJrrpDf2XHE_GdrLDtXxPzdmNbXcZgUvEyDzSTpjNNSS67hoChrYQAvD_BwE