New Year’s Resolutions or Things to Accomplish in 2022

Are you one of those people that makes New Year’s resolutions?  I found that I quickly forgot about them almost 100% of the time, or they were never accomplished.  Why is that?  Do we make the resolutions too challenging?  Do we want to succeed in making the resolution history – or something we might brag about to our friends?

Each year I look at resolutions differently.  First, every year for the past ten years, I’ve made the exact resolution – LOSE WEIGHT.  And every year, I fail at accomplishing this goal.  Am I the only one that does this?  I don’t think so.  Or with losing weight, I might lose 10-15 pounds, but sure enough, by the end of the holidays that same year, I will have put those pounds right back on – and usually adding a few more!

The biggest struggle with New Year’s resolutions is keeping them and continuing them throughout the year – month by month, week by week, day by day.

A new year is like a new life.  It can bring newness to our passions.  Instead of obsessing about the numbers on the scale, we should think about how much better we will feel if we eat the right things and get some form of exercise.

Listed below are 15 resolutions you might want to adapt in 2022:

1. Give one nice comment each day.
2. Go one day without checking your email.
3. Do one random act of kindness each day.
4. Travel someplace new each year.
5. Try a new restaurant each month.
6. Volunteer regularly.
7. Reduce the waste you produce – for example: try using a rag instead of a paper towel.
8. Journal one entry each night. You could start a gratitude journal to write down what you were thankful for that day.
9. You might try organizing or decluttering one space each week/each month.
10. Call a friend or acquaintance instead of texting.
11. Try a new recipe each week/month.
12. Pay off one credit card each month. After all credit cards have been brought to -0-, place $50 in a savings or Christmas account each month.
13. Send a handwritten letter to someone special each month.
14. Pay it forward with kindness.
15. Get more rest. If we could sleep an extra 30 minutes to an hour, I believe we would be happier, and our stamina would be enough to finish the day with enthusiasm.

I’m sure you can come up with many more of your own ideas.  Here is a link to the Good Housekeeping article on resolutions I found online.  https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/wellness/advice/g985/achievable-new-year-resolutions/

Develop your own New Year’s Resolutions (write them down).  Step out of that box that has become so comfortable.  Reach out to others, especially those that are homebound or ill.

I would love to hear your resolutions or ideas for starting 2022 off on the right foot.

Happy 2022!

All my best,

Julie