You know how at the beginning of the year its common practice to write down your goals for the year, a list of your New Years resolutions? Well I like many people really struggle with maintaining these resolutions more than a month. The classic get a gym membership for a year go all of January and then forget that you even have it. These resolutions that are created at the beginning of the year are all usually important goals that improve things like mental health, physical wellness, financial literacy, or establishing a more balanced lifestyle. So why do we restrict creating habits or quitting habits and bettering ourselves to only one time a year? My proposed resolution to New Years resolutions is monthly resolutions! With this the idea is that at the end of the month you sit down like you would at the end of the year and reflect on the last month; when you felt your best, where you struggled, and how your going to achieve better wellness.
A common wellness habit tracking process is the 21/90 method which basically says it takes 21 days to form a new habit and 90 days to integrate it fully into your lifestyle. So with that in mind for the next 3 months I’m going to commit to creating monthly resolutions and track my progress as I go through the month. At the end of the 3 months I am going to see what habits stuck, what worked and what didn’t and see if monthly resolutions is something I will continue to incorporate into my life moving forward. To hold myself accountable I am going to do bi-weekly blog posts of how my progress is going and share my personal experiences and insights of creating new habits.