new year’s resolutions
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Make Your New Year’s Resolution Smaller
New Year’s resolutions are usually centred around a big aspirational goal: I’ll work out every day, I’ll write a book, I’ll never eat junk food. But most of us fail at our resolutions. One problem is that we’re setting our goals too high. If you want to reach a huge goal, first you have to…
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Make Resolutions Without Moralising
“Self-improvement” is a tricky framework for resolutions. We take the phrase for granted, but what is it really saying? That changing a lifestyle habit improves your very self? That implies moral value to your choices, labelling some habits intrinsically “good” and others “bad”. This ends up at the idea that your lifestyle choices affect your…
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What Are Your Fitness Goals For 2018?
January is a great time to get a fresh start on your fitness. Even if you don’t buy into the conceit of resolutions, for many of us the new year is the first time in months we haven’t been buried under holiday and end-of-year stresses. Time to work on a new goal! What’s it going…
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Make One Of These Small Changes For Better Health Instead Of A Resolution
Now that the chaos of the holiday season is over, a lot of us are vowing to make changes for our health — but we know that ambitious resolutions don’t always work out so well. So instead of saying you’ll “lose weight” or “eat better”, try one or two of these simple, concrete changes.