Healthy New Year's Resolutions That Don't Involve Weight Loss
This has been a different sort of year for many of us. Instead of getting sucked back into the same habits and expectations for 2021, let’s take stock of where we all are. What has slipped during the past year? What are you missing? How could you better address your own needs, or the needs of those around you? Instead of focusing on weight loss, consider some of these healthy resolutions for the new year:
- Reduce your alcohol consumption
- Get more quality sleep/limit your sleep to 8 hours per night
- Wash your masks and reusable bags after every use
- Eat vegetables at every meal
- Wash your bed sheets regularly
- Meditate
- Actually eat your fruit before it goes bad
- Reach out to old friends
- Don’t watch tv or use the computer during meals
- Support local food producers through farm shares
- Donate to your local food bank
- Take vitamins
- Learn to knit or sew
- Stretch and improve your flexibility
- Volunteer as a caller for political campaigns
- Concentrate on improving your posture
- Set up a weekly board game night with your family
- Replace your toothbrush
- Educate yourself on basic home care and maintenance
- Clean your kitchen and dishes after each meal
- Stop biting your nails
- Rediscover an old hobby, such as playing a musical instrument
- Wear sunscreen every day you’re outside
- Clean your pantry and throw out expired food each month
- Quit smoking
- Reduce impulse online shopping by creating a weekly budget
- Put your laundry away
- Cut down on the amount of plastic you use each day
- Re-try foods that you hate, but haven’t eaten in years
- Delete a social media account
- Moisturize and remove your makeup before going to bed
- Keep a journal
- Tip service workers generously
- Floss
- Focus on purchasing goods from small business owners, not Amazon
- Join a pen pal exchange
- Set up that teletherapy appointment
Think about small, actionable steps.
