So here's a suggestion: how about making New Year's 90-DAY-ONLY resolutions? They last until March 31st. Then you can drop them. If they're not a habit by then, they were probably a bad idea to start with.
Also: make 'em small. And specific. Small is doable, and specific means you know exactly what to do. Run through them in your imagination so you know what they involve (primes your brain). Write down the steps and pin the list on your fridge/mirror where you can't miss it (saves on the what-was-it-I-was-going-to-do-again ruminations).
Here are mine:
And, OK, can't resist a big general one - if you're the one making up rules for yourself, you get to change them.
Come April 1st, it'll be time for April Fools' resolutions!
Also: make 'em small. And specific. Small is doable, and specific means you know exactly what to do. Run through them in your imagination so you know what they involve (primes your brain). Write down the steps and pin the list on your fridge/mirror where you can't miss it (saves on the what-was-it-I-was-going-to-do-again ruminations).
Here are mine:
- Blog post every 2 weeks. That's 6.5 blog posts till March 31st.
- Drink a Detox tea and a Cleanse tea every week (I said I was talking small here!). There are now 13 of each in a box on my kitchen counter.
- Do neurofeedback on myself every week. Tick-list with weeks/dates now pinned at eye level next to my office door.
And, OK, can't resist a big general one - if you're the one making up rules for yourself, you get to change them.
- Take life more lightly, acknowledge all the things I do in a day (because it's always more than zero), and no beating myself up if the resolutions don't last the distance.
Come April 1st, it'll be time for April Fools' resolutions!
Been thinking about New Year's resolutions this week. Do you still make them?
On the one hand, they bring with them the promise and potential that things are going to be different or better this year than last year.
On the other, previous years are littered with resolutions that lasted all of 10 days - if that - before being broken.
How to take advantage of the energy that comes from starting something with new resolve, yet not set oneself up for disappointment, recriminations, and general personal beating up when it's too cold, dark and wet to go outside for a run at 7am?
On the one hand, they bring with them the promise and potential that things are going to be different or better this year than last year.
On the other, previous years are littered with resolutions that lasted all of 10 days - if that - before being broken.
How to take advantage of the energy that comes from starting something with new resolve, yet not set oneself up for disappointment, recriminations, and general personal beating up when it's too cold, dark and wet to go outside for a run at 7am?
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