As the New Year rolls on again and we wave goodbye to 2012, many of us will be making New Year’s resolutions. Whether it’s to quit smoking, stay away from donuts or to go for a run every now and then, we use the turn of the year to try and make ourselves healthier, fitter or generally just nicer people. Others may go for a slightly more bizarre New Year’s resolutions (a quick search online brings about eating weird meat, belching the alphabet and learning useless facts) but for the majority of us we’ll just try to give up something we like, but know isn’t good for us like that glass of wine at the end of the day, the sugar-coated-treacle-filled-donut or that last cigarette before you go to bed. There’s a lot of pressure on us to make a good start to the New Year, and even though we may begin with the best intentions of making ourselves a little healthier, it’s more than likely that by forcing ourselves to go cold turkey, by February we’ll be reaching to the back of the cellar for that half empty bottle of red and clawing under the bed for that pack of cigarettes you tried to forget about. Despite the fact that 45% of us make New Year’s resolutions, only 8% of will be successful, so rather than make unrealistic assumptions about how good you’re going to be this year, and in the end only disappoint yourself, why don’t we make it a little easier for ourselves and try and better our ways in a much more simpler and practical way? What I’m talking about here is not necessarily a New Year’s resolution; the word itself conjures up images of a great struggle with our inner demons, but instead a New Year’s solution. Rather than signing up to the gym and never going because you’re too embarrassed or can’t be bothered, go for a run or a brisk walk once a week. Rather than try quitting smoking cold turkey, go to your doctor and work out a strategic plan for how you can cut down and eventually quit the habit. Instead of giving up on your favourite sugar pumped pastry, swap them for a healthier alternative. It’s not about torturing ourselves to get healthier, it’s about making ourselves feel better. The New Year’s solutions don’t stop with our bodies though; they can be just as useful at home. Your New Year’s Solution could be to finally do something with the office that is just full of clutter, or sorting out the garage. Whether you just want to de-clutter you home by buying some contemporary furniture to show off your CD collection that’s been sitting in the garage for the past six months or purchasing a shelving unit to tidy up your book collection these New Year’s solutions will make your home a happier and more pleasant place to live. This New Year , don’t put yourself under pressure by trying to make yourself into a superhuman, all fit and healthy eating nothing but carrots and celery only to crash two weeks later into a six packs of biscuits and two liters of fizzy pop. Take your time; no one’s perfect and getting your resolution spot on won’t happen overnight. Just think of something simple, going for a run once a week, smoking less or de-cluttering your home are all easy, achievable and beneficial and put you under much less pressure than dropping a dress size, chewing through seven packs of nicotine gum a day and re-designing your house.
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