{"id":11799,"date":"2019-12-23T12:03:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T17:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/?p=11799"},"modified":"2019-12-23T12:03:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T17:03:08","slug":"2020-vision-new-years-resolutions-that-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/2020-vision-new-years-resolutions-that-work\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Vision: New Year\u2019s Resolutions that Work"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time:<\/b> <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

Let us start off by saying\u2026 Happy New Year! And Happy New Decade! It\u2019s going to be a good one. Because, this year, we\u2019re doing resolutions differently and we\u2019re taking you with us. In the words of the great Lizzo, \u201cIf I\u2019m shining, everybody gonna shine!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How you ask? By concentrating on things that you actually want to happen<\/em> and then building habits so that they do. Call them resolutions, intentions, whatever, it\u2019s time to boss up and change your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHOOSE\nCHANGE <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get into your time machine and travel to\nnext New Year\u2019s Eve. What change(s) are you the happiest you made? It probably\nwon\u2019t be cutting down on sugar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelly McGonigal, a health psychologist and author of The Willpower Instinct<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/em>, suggests focusing on the actual things in your life and not some random behaviour \u2013 working out, meditating \u2013 that you think <\/em>might be good for you. Instead, take a bit of time to reflect on what changes that will bring you happiness \u2013 a cup of Grand Cru Matcha<\/a><\/u><\/strong> excellent at helping you focus \u2013 and head towards that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHANGE\nYOUR ENVIRONMENT <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a perception that if you do\nsomething for three weeks, it will become a habit. But what if in week four,\nyou come down with the flu? It\u2019s much more difficult to get back on that habit\nhorse. If you want to make lasting changes or build healthier habits, altering\nyour physical environment might be more impactful. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember the days when you could smoke in bars and restaurants (and, for some of us, offices)? But now that it\u2019s banned in these environments, smoking has declined thanks, in part, to the inconvenience of having to go outside to do it. Restructuring your environment can help to build positive habits, like signing up for a pilates class next to your office or drinking a cup of Cranberry Dandelion Detox<\/u><\/strong><\/a> after a night on the town to help refresh your system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IT\u2019S THE\nLITTLE THINGS<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t your first time at the Resolution Rodeo, so you probably know that these things often fail because it can be tough to stick things out. Forget about the failures and instead celebrate the small win. You went to bed for a week straight without an Instagram scroll? Reward yourself with a S\u2019mores Chai latte<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.  You managed to fit 5 minutes of meditation into a jam-packed day? That\u2019s worth something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By acknowledging, celebrating and\n(occasionally) rewarding yourself for sticking to your goals, getting there\nwill be a lot more pleasant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time:<\/b> <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>Let us start off by saying\u2026 Happy New Year! And Happy New Decade! It\u2019s going to be a good one. Because, this year, we\u2019re doing resolutions differently and we\u2019re taking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":11805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11799"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11807,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11799\/revisions\/11807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davidstea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}