The Guilt-Free Way to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Attainable
There’s pressure around creating New Year’s resolutions. It’s challenging to commit to something (or to not doing something) for an entire year. And the American track record for keeping New Year’s resolution is abysmal: 75% abandon resolutions after one week; only about 8% actually achieve them. Often the problem is making a laundry list of aspirations, from a healthy diet and fit body to an organized home and perfect parenting skills. Accomplish and maintain all that over 12 months? Sure. Easy peasy. I’m guilty of those laundry lists of resolutions. It diverts my focus into too many areas so that I become overwhelmed. Or it becomes a daunting To-Do list with no definable end. How do I know when I’ve reached the healthiest state of my body? What if my home achieves organization in March but then gets messy again by May? Does that count as a failure? It’s time … Continue reading
