Four Tips for Keeping your New Year’s Resolution

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Four Tips for Keeping your New Year’s Resolution

Another year, another blank slate to write the next chapter of your life. There’s no time like the present to set the counter back to zero and reflect on your personal goals for the year. Whether your final objective is increasing your workout time, reading more books or picking up a new hobby, how will you make sure your 2018 goals will stick past January?

I am working hard this year to continue with my healthy goals and lose weight. This morning I walked my daughter to school and have committed to going to the gym a few times this week. Already this year I have used my treadmill more than I did last year and am excited to continue being active. I was gifted a Fitbit for Christmas and love seeing how what I am doing is effecting my heart and sleep.

While we all start the year with great intentions, the road to a new routine can be a steep climb. Here are a few tips that will help you stay dedicated to your resolutions in 2018.

people running

  1. Arm yourself with the right tools

Many of us turn to running in the new year because there are no classes to sign up for or expensive equipment to buy. It may be easy to start, but this high-impact activity requires some preparation. The force exerted on your knees is as much as three times higher than walking, and an injury is a sure-fire resolution killer.

Increase your chances of staying in the race by making sure you’re wearing the right shoes for the way you run and always break in new shoes with shorter runs first. Try replacing the thin insoles that come with your running shoes with insoles made for running.  Dr. Scholl’s Active Series Insoles can reduce shock by 40 per cent and alleviate pain from common sports injuries including runner’s knee, shin splints and plantar fasciitis.

Dr Scholls Active Series

  1. Keep a journal

Take the extra time to expand your resolutions into realistic, measurable goals. Be specific about how you plan to achieve them and track your weekly progress in a journal. Remember to include checkpoints to celebrate the small achievements along the way!

  1. Practice self-care along the way

If getting active is on your resolutions list, you’ll be quick to develop a love/hate relationship with muscle soreness. On one hand, you’ve crushed a hard workout, but your reward is a sore back and neck. Take control of your pain at home. ALEVE Pain Relief Caplets provide fast acting 12-hour relief from back and body aches so you can get back to it.

Aleve Liquid Gels

  1. Rest and recovery

No matter what you’re trying to achieve this year, always factor adequate rest into your schedule. Staying up late to finish a book on your reading list can be counterproductive to reaching your goals. Get at least six hours of sleep each night and mix in a meditation session once a week to help refresh your mind and body.

In addition to the examples above, how will you prepare to stay dedicated to your New Year’s resolutions? I would love to hear about your tips! Happy New Year!

 

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Comments

  1. I’m trying to focus on setting goals, writing them down, and figuring out what actionable steps I can take right now, to get closer to those goals. I find the challenge is to keep them all at the front of mind, after the excitement and motivation of the new year starts to fade!

  2. These are some great tips. I have yet to make my resolution or goals for the year, but I am in the process of doing that. I love the idea of a journal and self care!

  3. Amen. Good tips. On a side note those insoles look amazing!

  4. Jessica Taylor says

    I love the idea of keeping a journal. To me, journals make thing more personal and I feel like I can achieve it.

  5. My tip is to never make a resolution. I gave up on those. Now I just move forward into the new year ready to make forward progress.

  6. Self care is so important. I had really slacked about that last year, but I am getting back into taking care of ME this year.

  7. Jeanette Radmall says

    I love the suggestion of keeping a journal! It’s good to hold yourself accoutable!

  8. I think keeping a journal is really helpful because it makes you jot down certain stuff you need to release and helps you mentally too.

  9. I never make resolutions. But I do take Aleve when I have aches and pains. It works really well!

  10. These are great tips! I actually doing all of these tips! So far so good! I am committed to trying to get healthier and I think this is a great way to do it!

  11. Allison Cooper says

    I love the idea of keeping a journal, I’ve always found that this is what keeps me grounded and on track more than anything. There is something so concrete and tangible about having your progress written down.

  12. These are great tips! It’s so easy to get caught up in reaching your goal that you forget that your body needs time for rest and recovery! I’m glad you included that tip!

  13. I need some help with this years resolutions because I made so many good changes in 2017. I really just want to continue the progress I made and stay on track.

  14. this is great and def need some great new years resolutions!

  15. Great tips! I think the basics like, early to bed, lots of water are ones that I like to remember and arm myself with. As a shift working nurse I am very familiar with Aleve LOL. I get lots of work related aches and pains after a 12 hour shift and this is my go to.

  16. I agree with all of these! Writing down your goals great and journaling is always a great way to hold yourself accountable! But, being kind to yourself, and working for progress, not perfection, is the way to go! Happy New Year!

  17. Setting a resolution and sticking to it can be so difficult! Thanks for sharing such great tips!

  18. I think keeping a journal is a fantastic idea. Writing everything down would really help me keep track of everything and will show me how I’m doing on my progress.

  19. Great tips. Simple but effective. It’s hard keeping resolutions

  20. These are some great tips, I think we often rush into resolutions at full pace and forget we need to ease ourselves into a change often and build it up so we don’t burn out.

  21. I actually wrote something similar to this on my blog. I do agree that keeping a journal really keeps you accountable

  22. UGH! It can be so hard to stick to the resolutions you have made. I mean, usually they are made before the new year and well… they are so last year. Just KIDDING. These are the best tips I have ever read. I love that you suggest a journal. It’s such a great way to remind ourselves of our goals.

  23. When I am armed with the right tools I suceed much more too! You reminded me I need new sneakers.

  24. I’m not making resolution this year but I’m working on mini goals. My favorite is tip #4 – I need my 8 hours sleep or else I get cranky. I might’ve to check on the pain killer for my back.

  25. Great tips. I’m trying to make it a point to write down my goals this year.

  26. These are awesome tips! I need to be so much better with rest days!

  27. I love these tips! Having the right tools will surely add to your motivations. Thanks for sharing these!

  28. I needed this list badly! This time I really want to keep up with my resolution…keeping a journal is the best tip! Thanks

  29. I like the idea of using a journal to create achievable and realistic goals and that is something I need to do this year. Oh and self care is so important, we all need time to ourselves to feel energized!

  30. Reesa Lewandowski says

    I don’t really make resolutions. But, this is still helpful for my everyday goals!

  31. Agentszerozerosetter says

    Keeping a journal is so important for me and helps my mind a lot! These soles look really interesting, would love to try them!

  32. These are great tips for keeping resolutions. In fact, they are good tips for life period.

  33. Thank you for sharing this. My year is off to a great start.

  34. I use a journal to set short term achievable goals. I also have decided that I will be practicing better self-care and self-love this year.

  35. I have a planner not a journal. I am gonna keep up with it this year so I can keep myself accountable.

  36. Rest and recovery is very important. You can’t keep pushing yourself the whole time without rest or things will go sideways. And I think this year I will try to keep a journal on self care to help me do better. Just keeping track of everything will help.

  37. Really great tips on keeping track of new year resolutions. I’m trying out planner this year and so far loving how ignorant keeps me organized.

  38. Great but very simple tips to stay on track. Thank you for the post!

  39. Loving these tips! I’m definitely trying to get back on track myself.

  40. Using a journal to support those resolutions is a great way to achieve them. Listing them down in a weekly basis will help you learn if you’re getting all your goals.

  41. Keeping a journal is a great way to remind you of your progress and when seeing progress you’re more likely to keep your resolution. Great tips!

  42. NJ Nowoselski says

    Great reminders. I wish to have a fitbit sometime as I think it will be the encouragement I need. Keeping a food journal definitely helps me. I use a app for that 🙂

  43. I really like the idea of a food journal. Iam going to look into trying one for myself.

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