After surviving 2020, you should focus your New Year’s resolutions on a healthier 2021.
When you focus on living a healthier life, you will find yourself living happier as well. There are several resolutions that will transform your life both mentally and physically. In order to achieve a new healthier lifestyle, focus your resolutions on:
- Your meal choices
- Fitting exercise into your life
- Adopting a more positive mindset
- Stress Management
- Maintaining safe personal connections
- Drink more water and less sodas
- Get organized
- Get more and better sleep
Importance of Healthy Goals
Whenever you set goals, you consider your objectives. Whatever motivates you is different from what might motivate someone else. Take a moment and think about what motivates you. Next, think about your goals.
Healthy Resolutions
Adopting these resolutions and keeping to them will set you on a path to a healthier lifestyle.
Plan Your Meals
When you take the time to plan your meals, you will find yourself eating healthier and less inclined to stop for unhealthy fast food. Using a meal planner can help you plan out menus and make your shopping list. Once you get into this habit, you will be amazed at how much money you save by not eating out as much. Besides, home-cooked meals also allow you to set family time every night.
Make Time to Exercise
Your exercise regimen could be as simple as doing stretches at home and taking regular walks, working out on an elliptical, mountain biking, powerlifting at the gym, or working toward your next marathon. Whatever you choose to do, set a goal, and exercise regularly.
Adopt A More Positive Mindset
Positivity can make a huge difference in your life. Focus on the positive in everything you do. If you face a negative situation, find any positive aspects, and focus on them and watch the situation turn around. A positive attitude will not only affect your life, but it will set a great example to those around you.
Stress Management
2020 has left all of us with new kinds of stress we never saw coming. One short year ago, the term ‘social distancing’ did not exist. Stress management is key to a healthier you. Make time for yourself. Meditate, write in a journal, lose yourself in a good book or take a long hot bath. Whatever small thing you can do for yourself will lower your stress level.
Maintain Safe Personal Connections
Just because there are stay-at-home orders, lockdowns and quarantines do not mean you have to become a hermit. It has never been more important to maintain those connections with friends and family. Schedule regular phone calls or skype sessions. Send standard texts or emails. It has never been more important to stay connected to those you care about.
Get Organized
Since you have started organizing through using your meal planner, you can take the organizational remedy into other aspects of your life. Start keeping a planner for general things. Take time to organize all aspects of your life. Reorganize dressers and closets. Take time to reorganize the kitchen. A sense of order diminishes stress levels and brings peace of mind.
Drink More Water Less Sodas
Drinking water will help you slim down, stay hydrated and experience overall better health. Staying hydrated helps every part of your body. Sugary sodas do not only lead to weight gain. They have been proven to also lead to diabetes, increased aging and heart disease.
Get More and Better Sleep
The importance of sleep cannot be stressed enough. Most people do not get enough sleep. Make a point of setting new sleep habits. Set a regular bedtime. Look at your bedtime ritual. Does it involve watching TV? Does it tend to keep you awake more often than it should? Turn off the TV when it comes to bedtime. Read a book for a few minutes. Most importantly, turn off the lights and go to sleep. While the recommendation of eight hours of sleep every night is almost impossible for most of us, you can at least strive for a little more sleep every night. Restful sleep reduces stress, helps you lose weight, and gives you better focus during the day.
Quit Smoking
Make this the year that you finally quit smoking. Smoking has been proven to cause cancer. It can also lead to lung diseases such as COPD. It has never been more important to become tobacco-free than now. Talk to your doctor about their recommendation for the best way to quit smoking. It will not be easy, but you won’t regret it in the long run.
