New
Year’s Resolutions can be a blessing and a curse.
Setting goals is a great way
to achieve what you want in life and the beginning of a new year just feels
like the perfect time to start. That clean slate, a new year with no mistakes
or problems and then …. by 5pm on the 2nd of January, most of us are
back to our old habits. Then we start to feel disappointed in ourselves and decide that it's better off to wait until 2018 for those goals.
One
of the best ways to stay motivated is to share your resolutions with a friend
so you can support each other and check in to see how you’re both doing.
The
Loved Life is collaborating with The Wandering Senorita to keep each other
in check throughout 2017.
Check out the lovely Africa’s 2017 resolutions here, hopefully we can provide you with some
inspiration and make sure we keep our resolutions too!
Health
In the words of the great Bridget Jones -
"Obviously, will lose 20 pounds" Don't we all want to do
something with our weight? Losing, gaining, maintaining.
There is an evil chocolate jar at work that is
filled up with mini chocolates daily! I have gotten into the habit of having 2
or 3 a day and I don’t even like sugar, I’ve always been a savoury girl and I
blame this never ending chocolate jar for tuning me into a sugar craving
chocoholic. So I’ve decided to put a stop to that.
So
far I’ve managed to avoid the jar and hopefully I can keep that up well into
2017.
Beauty
This was a
hard one, there are so many beauty to dos that I should commit to doing on a regular basis. Washing my face every night, drinking more water, SPF every day. I’ve decided that getting at least 7 hours of sleep should be my priority. I’m notorious
for getting 3-4 hours sleep a night and it shows! My dark under eye circles
make Alice Cooper look tame!
Finance
My goal this
year is to pay off the debt I accumulated during university. I decided to get
my journalism degree when I turned 30 and I would love to have my student loan
paid off before the end of 2017!
Relationships
Make plans
and stick to them! A lot of the time I end up cancelling plans with my friends
and family, which is really frustrating (and rude). So I want to stop that and
keep my word. In a time before mobile phones, when people couldn’t cancel at
the last minute, the world just seemed like a more polite place. I want to
bring that back.
Food
I’m a
sucker for the all too easy take away. I’ve tried meal prepping and I just end
up living off the same 3 meals for weeks. So to save me from food boredom, I’m
going to re subscribe to the food delivery service Hello Fresh. I used this service a few
months ago and found it so convenient. My favourite plan is the 3 day
vegetarian option, all the ingredients and recipes are delivered to your door,
when you want.
Too
easy! and the 3 day plan is also realistic because I often have dinner plans a
few times a week.
Travel
I’m trying to save this year, so I’ll keep it
local in 2017. I really want to see the acclaimed (and cheeky) The Book Of Mormon and as its
playing in Melbourne, popping there for the weekend (and sneaking in some
shopping) is doable and shouldn’t break the bank.
Mind
Toward the
end of 2016 I was trying to mediate and practice mindfulness, I rarely stuck
with it for more than a few days but this year I’m going to make an effort to
practice it at least 3 times a week.
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