Any day of the year is an opportunity to make changes, but there is something about January that’s extra motivational. The whole nation’s playing the game of improvement and that means you’re far more likely to succeed too.
What about when everyone else falls off the wagon, though? How to continue past the third week of Jan with your newfound resolve? The answer, as is the case for most things in life, is to keep it simple.
Are you going to be running a 5k by March if you’ve never used your trainers before in your life? Perhaps, but it’s a goal that will seem entirely too large without finer tuning. Instead of those enormous mountains you’ve assigned yourself, here are some more palatable New Year Resolutions that you might actually keep.
Keep a Diary
If keeping an in-depth catalogue of your daily movements and innermost desires feels like too much, it’s because it is. Who has time for that kind of soul-searching on top of doing the laundry and making enough money to pay the mortgage? Instead, give this 5 Year Memory Book a go. You’ll only need to add a line or two, and if you keep it by your bed then it’ll become an unmissable bedtime ritual.
Walk up the Escalator
Say goodbye to the right-hand life and join London’s even-faster lane by walking up the escalator instead of standing miserably on it. It really is a small change that makes enormous differences.
Eat More Fruit & Veg
If getting enough fruit and vegetables down your neck is a challenge then it’s definitely ripe time to jump on the blender bandwagon. Cheap ones like this mean no economic fallout, and frozen fruit and veg eliminate the likelihood of wasteful rotten punnets.
Floss
Brushing may seem quite enough to be getting on with, but what if flossing was…well, fun? Before you laugh us out of court on this one, direct your attention to cupcake-flavoured dental floss. What a time to be alive.
Stop Splurging on Coffee
Instead of making one daily purchase that’s adding up to a monster amount, make a less frequent splurge and buy a tin of fancy coffee. You’ll still get the buzz that buying can give, ensure your daily caffeine fix and you’ll have a lovely pencil pot when you’re all out, too.
Are you going to give any of these a go? Have any other smaller resolutions to share? Tweet us!
