New Year, New Goals, New You, Right?!

The week leading up to New Year's is spent making new year’s resolutions that we won’t keep while planning one last big party! That reminds us, it’s time to reactivate that gym membership and sign-up for that intense 5k. But seriously, enough is enough! It’s taken us 20 + years, but we finally know the trick to keeping a New Year’s resolution. Keep reading and you'll find out soon enough!                                                                                                  

STOP THE MEMBERSHIP!

Let’s face it, we hardly ever show up to membership activities. When anything is new it is always exciting. You set goals, sometimes their high and other times they are just the bare minimum. But hey, a goal is a goal! The problem happens when you run out of steam. It’s like running a marathon. Very few people pace themselves with their new year’s resolutions. Therefore, they start off sprinting and sometimes don’t finish. This year, start off walking, then work your way up to a full sprint.

HAVE FUN

When we make our New Year’s resolutions we already know what goals we will find fun and which ones we will probably hate. Waking up to go to the gym at 5:00 am every morning is one of those resolutions that fall under the “not fun”.  If you sincerely know that you hate early morning runs, then do not make that your New Year’s resolution! We were tempted to write that last sentence in all caps.

DON’T OVERTHINK THINGS

New Year’s resolutions are often touted as life-changing, something, something.... goals. Don’t listen to this. Once again, a small goal is still a goal. Instead of trying to go around the world in 80 days, why not plan a simple road trip with a few of your friends! If boring came to mind when you read this, then maybe you NEED to try traveling the world in 80 days.

What are a few of your New Year’s Resolutions? Don’t have any? That’s cool too.