New Year, New Resolutions

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Now that I've nearly recovered from my holiday hangover, it's time to start setting some intentions for the year. If you'll recall last year, I had a pretty ambitious list...of which I kept very few. This year the two overarching themes, as hoaky as they may sound, are the three-word ad slogans of a couple companies I think you'll recognize (if not, its time to get out from under that rock). I would love to hear yours so please share in the comments to inspire myself and others. As an aside, here are six apps that might help you stick to them. Have great weekend!

Always one to procrastinate (hence the New Years Resolutions post on January 4th), I'm really good at making lists and worrying about things on them as opposed to actually doing what needs to get done. This can apply to many other aspects in life whether it's a new job, moving cities, taking a vacation, etc. so take it how you will.

Lowe's knows when it comes to New Years Resolutions. Again I feel like this is one that can apply to just about every aspect of your life...whether it's your physical fitness, workplace performance, relationships with friends & family members, etc.

New Year, New Resolutions

Now that we're three days in, I guess it's high time I start thinking of some Resolutions. Mine are usually the generic get organized, get healthy, etc. but this year I made a list of different things I can do to help me achieve each of these. Additionally, every month I'm going to try something new for 30 days (i.e. January - Photography Class, February - Bikram Yoga and so on including re-learning French, enrolling in a sewing class, taking field trips to new areas of NYC, field trips to areas outside the city, quit shopping for a month...ok, that's a stretch). Sure, most of these wont stick the whole year but gotta set your goals high and hopefully documenting them in this post will keep me on track. What are some of your Resolutions??

Get Organized:
1) Don't go to sleep or walk out the door with a messy apartment
2) Pick a different area of my apartment every week to clean organize (example here)
3) Stop buying clothes I'm not 100% sold on to limit returns
4) Line up 3-4 blog posts on the weekends 
5) Update Facebook page / Pinterest every Sunday

Make Better Use of Time:
1) Limit Pinterest / Facebooking to 30 min. per day
2) Better email management by answering only emails that will take < 2 min, otherwise finish task at hand
3) Layout clothes for week on Sundays
4) Have purse and bag for work packed the night before
5) Only hitting the snooze button once

Be More Positive:
1) Limit cursing
2) Do something nice and/or give a compliment to a stranger every day
3) Call a different family member or friend I haven't spoken with in a while once a week
4) Being thankful for (at least) one thing per day (this blog provides some good inspiration)
5) Limit time spent with negative people

Get Healthy:
1) Work out for 45 minutes 3x per week.
2) Bring lunch to work 2x per week
3) Drink tea instead of coffee
4) Floss every night
5) Eat dinner before 10:00 & get to bed by midnight 

Think Outside the Box:
1) Have lunch away from desk (with a friend or fiction book) once a week
2) Take a 15-30 min afternoon coffee break once a week
3) Take photography and sewing classes this year
4) Join one TBD volunteer group
5) Find time to take advantage of free online classes here

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