Did you know that most people give up on their new years resolutions in under 3 weeks. Most often by the 18th or 19th of January those dreams have been abandoned for another year.
To me it kinda sucks that people put themselves under so much pressure to 'do the thing' just because the date changed from the 31st to the 1st. Isn't that a bit mad? Its still winter (here in the northern hemisphere at least), and the chances are there is still a lot of junk food around the house which isn't going to make those fitness or weightloss resolutions any easier. You know what i mean?
If you did make some New Years Resolutions that involve starting or adding something to your day, i hope you made some reductive goals to balance out the additive goals.
WTF are reductive & additive goals???
These usually (but not always) relate to time. "I'm going to go to the gym for an hour every day" is an example of an additive goal. It's great, but where is that hour (and be realistic, going to the gym for an hour will probably take more like 2 hours when you factor in travel time and changing) going to come from? What will you have to stop doing so that you will have the time. "I'm going to reduce my time checking social media to 4 times per day" is a good reductive goal, and will probably carve out quite a bit of time.
If your goals are health related, you might find some of my previous posts interesting.
Habits & mindset
How to make a healthy habit stick - this one relates to additive goals
Exercise is medicine - contains a very useful piece about the neuroscience of how habits are formed, and some tips on why your habitual language patterns matter
Why you shouldn't try to lose weight - some important information about how language shapes perception, and builds on the post above
Invest in yourself: it's the best spend you'll ever make - deals with mindset, and what success & happiness mean to YOU!
If there's no challenge, there's no change - very short post on mindset
How to break your smoking habit
Getting started with exercise
How much exercise do i need anyway? - Its probably less than you think, ESPECIALLY if you are new to exercise
Running: Benefits, basics, and 8 week beginners plan - weekly plan to get you up to 20 minutes of continuous running/jogging
Using running to reduce fat - When should you do short fast runs? flat or hills? long steady runs? answers within..
8 weeks to a smaller firmer waistline- 8 weeks worth of follow along video workouts (20-30 minutes each)
Monetising my daily habits
Monetised self - a collection of posts detailing my adventures in move2earn, play2earn, read/listen2earn, and blogging apps and platforms, all of which are free to use, and each generate some (more or less) passive income
