{"id":921,"date":"2019-01-15T15:55:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T20:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/ccerc\/?p=921"},"modified":"2022-07-10T19:53:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T23:53:36","slug":"a-wellness-approach-to-new-years-resolutions-by-brittany-guerin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/ccerc\/2019\/01\/15\/a-wellness-approach-to-new-years-resolutions-by-brittany-guerin\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wellness Approach to New Year&#8217;s Resolutions by Brittany Guerin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you set a New Year\u2019s Resolution every year but cannot seem to commit to it? You are not alone. Only <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dandiamond\/2013\/01\/01\/just-8-of-people-achieve-their-new-years-resolutions-heres-how-they-did-it\/#3bdfb69b596b\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8% of people actually achieve their New Year\u2019s Resolutions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Instead of being hard on yourself, why not try a different approach?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Year\u2019s Resolutions aren\u2019t my favorite because of the following reasons:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They might communicate a sense of failure if we didn\u2019t meet our resolutions from last year <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can be influenced my quick-fix gimmicks in the media<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goals should be set and revisited throughout the year<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They tend to be more outcome-oriented (lose X amount of weight) and can lead to unrealistic expectations as opposed to process goals (be active 3x a week) that lead to living fuller, healthier and more positive lives<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Intentions are the New Resolutions<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of setting a New Year\u2019s Resolution that you may or may not fulfill, try setting an overarching intention. Instead of a strict, chore-like goal, this intention can be broad and open-ended. This is beneficial to our wellness because we will have the ability to evolve and adapt our goals and values throughout the year. Lastly, our intention is meant to guide behavior and focus our efforts. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below are examples of intentions to give you inspiration to come up with your own. Remember, there are no wrong answers, so have fun with it!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year I will:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen to and nourish my body<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create more space for the important people in my life<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try new things<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get outside my comfort zone<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dedicate time to my health<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Challenge myself professionally <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expand my leisure activities<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work on being mindful <\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you have your intention for the New Year, write it down and place it somewhere that you will see everyday. Hopefully it will bring you daily inspiration to make decisions that are aligned with your intention. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you set a New Year\u2019s Resolution every year but cannot seem to commit to it? You are not alone. Only 8% of people actually achieve their New Year\u2019s Resolutions. Instead of being hard on yourself, why not try a different approach? New Year\u2019s Resolutions aren\u2019t my favorite because of the following reasons: They might&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellnessblog"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/ccerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/ccerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/ccerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/ccerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/ccerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/ccerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1379,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/ccerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions\/1379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/ccerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/ccerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/ccerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/ccerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}