Get a Healthy Start to the New Year

Those guidelines urge 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity for children every day; and 150 minutes of moderate activity plus 75 minutes of vigorous activity for adults over the course of a week. Then you go to sleep, wake up, and decide how you will get through the new day.

A few months ago, either the Globe or the Times had a piece on how things work better psychologically for pessimists, i.e., my daughter and me.

And here I take you through the 11 New Year’s resolutions you should be making to make sure you really do have a happy 2016. That night I found a one dollar bill on the floor of the bus. Or trade your two sodas a day for one soda and a glass of water. Millennials were almost twice as likely to make a New Year’s resolution with 46 percent of millennial respondents saying they would make a resolution compared to just 29 percent of the general population.

“I resolve the YOU will be nicer, especially to me”. For example, “I will focus on going to yoga 2x a week in January” or “This week, I will focus on incorporating more fiber in my diet”. “If I were king, ice cream would be free to everyone on Thursdays”. Which I think is awesome. By the end of the year not only had he cut out all of the after dinner ice cream – well, except for special occasions – but had managed to shed quite a few pounds. This behaviour is not only negative; it is never a good use of a person’s time, limited as it is. Set goals for the New Year that only take you, personally, to reach and you will feel better at each step along the way. You just have to be consistent on what your dream is – that’s an everyday thing.

Another way to save money, and break a bad habit, is to stop smoking.

Timely: Make a deadline for your goals or incorporate resolutions into time increments to make them easier to manage.

The biggest reasons for breaking resolutions were unexpected expenses or a change in financial circumstances, not having enough willpower and setting unachievable goals. Mark every workout on a calendar, and put that calendar where you can see it. The more you keep track, the more likely you are to continue with that behavior. You know the emoji of dancing women with bunny ears?

Formulating a New Year’s Resolution involves many interesting and complex human thoughts and emotional processes. This year I choose to be stronger than my feelings or anything else that could kill my confidence to BE who I was created to be. By doing this you will be constantly reminded by your friends, and even your not-such-good-friends if you are wavering from the straight and narrow. Think about what you really want to achieve and pursue that.

The boy had confused new year’s resolution-making with Lent, a period during which Christian people give up something – such as an indulgence or a habit – for 40 days in an act of self-discipline, restraint or penitence.